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单词 cochlea
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cochlean.

/ˈkɒkliːə/
Etymology: < Latin coclea, cochlea snail, snail-shell, screw, water-screw, spiral, winding stairs < Greek κοχλίας of same meanings.
1.
a. A spiral staircase [so Greek κοχλίας].
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > winding or spiral
vicea1382
turngrece1483
turnpike1516
cochleaa1552
cockle stairs1624
Dutch stairs1649
turnpike stair1730
newel stair1851
newel staircase1859
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1710) I. 87 There is also a Chochlea with a Turret over it, wher the Kepers of the Castelle say Edwarde the thirdes Band cam up thorough the Rok.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 370 One must needs ascend in a single revolution of the Cochlea or spiral..twice the height of a man.
b. A screw.
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1641 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 32 Inventions for draining off the waters..by buckets, mills, cochleas, pumps, and the like.
c. The water-screw of Archimedes.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > for raising water
well bucket1477
flail?a1500
kettle-mill1570
scoop1580
water engine1611
chain-pumpa1618
cochlea1648
water-screw1648
engine1652
bucket-fountain1663
chain1682
noria1696
tub-engine1702
tub-gin1702
well-pole1727
screw engine1729
rag1747
rag pump1747
swape1773
picotah1780
water balance1800
ram1801
well sweep1818
shadoof1836
hydraulic belt1856
water carrier1875
bailer1883
trip-bucket1926
1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick ii. xv. 275 Their invention of Archimedes..which is usually called Cochlea, or the water-screw.
2. Physiology. The spiral cavity of the internal ear.
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the world > life > the body > sense organ > hearing organ > parts of hearing organ > [noun] > cochlea
periwinkle1633
snail-shell1683
cochlea1694
1694 Philos. Trans. 1693 (Royal Soc.) 17 993 They have no Coclea, but instead thereof there's a small Cocleous or twisting Passage.
1845 R. B. Todd & W. Bowman Physiol. Anat. II. 74 The cochlea is, in shape, very like a common snail-shell.
1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) viii. 211 The cochlea..it is supposed, enables the mind to discriminate the quality rather than the quantity or intensity of sound.
3. Conchology. A spiral univalve shell; a snail-shell.
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1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Crabb).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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