| 单词 | ankle joint |
| 释义 | > as lemmasankle joint ankle joint n. the part of a person's lower limb between the leg and the foot (cf. sense 1a) (now rare); (also) any articulation present within the ankle of a person or animal, esp. that between the tibia, fibula, and talus in the human ankle. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > ankle > [noun] ankleeOE rascettea1400 wrist?1515 pastern1555 ankle joint1636 the world > life > the body > structural parts > joint > joints > [noun] > of ankle ankleeOE ankle joint1636 the world > life > the body > structural parts > joint > joints > [noun] > middle joint of limb ankle joint1636 ply1717 1636 H. Peacham Coach & Sedan Ep. Ded. sig. A3v The Calfe apparant; with the anckle-joynts, Not Frenchified (as now) with Aglet points To hide their gowtie shin-bones. 1800 J. Burns Diss. Inflammation II. ii. 183 Ulcers on the foot, or ankle joint, are worse to heal than those a little farther up the leg. 1835 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 151/1 The ankle-joint, or tibio-tarsal articulation. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xxi. 661 But when a reptile moves its ankle-joint the upper row of ankle-bones moves on the lower row of ankle-bones—an inter-tarsal ankle-joint. 2014 A. Roberts Incredible Unlikeliness of Being 295 Twa men climbing trees to gather honey had considerably more flexibility in their ankle joints than I do. < as lemmas |
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