单词 | hip girdle |
释义 | hip girdlen. 1. Anatomy. The framework formed by the bones of the pelvis, supporting the hind or lower limbs; = pelvic girdle n. at pelvic adj. Compounds. ΚΠ 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 315/2 The whole Order of Ophidian Reptiles are devoid of any Hip-Girdle. 1878 J. Marshall Anat. for Artists 18 The two hip-bones form a very strong bony arch or girdle, named the hip-girdle, pelvic arch, or pelvic girdle. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 541 It is necessary for effective balancing that the hip-girdle should take a long and strong grip of the backbone. 1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) iii. 76 The Ornithischia, or birdlike dinosaurs, in which the hip girdles (but not other anatomic features) were comparable to those of birds. 2016 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 18 Oct. 28 All the muscles of the lower back and hip girdle are overstretched causing lower back pain. 2. A belt, cord, etc., worn low on the hips (as opposed round to the waist). Cf. hip belt n. at hip n.1 Compounds 5a.Chiefly in descriptions of clothing in Ancient Greece, Egypt, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > types of > other breechgirdlea1300 demiceint1483 demi-girdle1533 bracing-girdle1552 purse-girdle1559 yellow ribbon1651 burdash1707 body belt1823 subcingulum1824 zoster1824 bell-girdle1833 hip girdle1853 Sam Browne belt1878 belly-band1888 waspie1957 tie belt1964 1853 Photogr. Art-jrnl. June 365/2 The hip girdle, which is common in Greece and oriental countries, prevailed also in England some centuries ago. 1908 Amer. Anthropologist 10 160/1 Treats of..clothing and ornaments (combs;..armlets, belts, hip-girdles; rain caps and cloaks). 1991 J. Peacock Chron. Western Fashion ii. 51 (caption) Frenchman c. 1160-1165: long hair and pointed beard; knee-length tunic with embroidered detail; waist-belt and hip-girdle. 2010 C. Graves-Brown Dancing for Hathor vi. 111 The hip girdle appears on the women on the Turin Erotic Papyrus and upon dancers. Some girdles had metal pellets which would have rattled (seductively?) with movement. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > as lemmaship girdle b. Anatomy. Applied to various parts in the structure of animal bodies; in modern use chiefly of the bony supports for the upper and lower limbs, which in Vertebrata are respectively called the shoulder girdle (also pectoral girdle) and pelvic girdle (also hip girdle). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bony support for limbs > [noun] girdle1601 limb-girdle1870 1601 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 296 The cheife clerke of the kitchen hath for his fee all the girdles of fresh sturgeon spent within the house. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. iii. i. 86 Vnder the region of the navell, lies the girdle or upper part of the kall. 1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 352 The last is very like our English Hedge Snail, but without Girdles, and has a small Navel. 1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 109 As a powerful bony girdle, it [the pelvis] affords articulation to the abdominal extremities. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. iv. 138 When a leech is impregnated, an enlargement takes place around the sexual apertures, which has received the name of the girdle or clitellum. 1883 H. N. Martin & W. A. Moale Handbk. Vertebr. Dissect. ii. 119 The Shoulder Girdle is made up of a coracoid, clavicle, and scapula on each side. 1883 H. N. Martin & W. A. Moale Handbk. Vertebr. Dissect. ii. 122 The Pelvic Girdle is composed of the ilium, ischium, and os pubis on each side. 1891 Science (N.Y.) 21 Aug. 107/2 The fins, girdles, gill arches, scales, and membrane bones are all imperfectly developed or wanting [in eels]. < as lemmas |
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