| 单词 | key-bone |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskey-bone key-bone n. (a) the clavicle (now rare); (b) a bone that occupies a place or serves a function resembling that of the keystone of an arch. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > types of bones > [noun] ossicle1578 ossiculum1578 sucking-bone1648 master-bone1677 key-bone1791 bonelet1833 bladelet1859 interhaemal1880 the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > collarbone > [noun] cannel-bonea1325 collara1475 shears1503 furcule?1541 channel-bone1587 clavicle1615 collarbone1615 patel1615 cane1621 jugulum1706 cannon bone1730 key-bone1791 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. v. 171 One with his huge falchion smote Fast by the key-bone. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 506/2 This bone is..principally characterized by its excess in size over the other carpal bones, and from the number of bones with which it is connected, it may be regarded as the key-bone of the carpus. 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 206 The spine of the parietal vertebra..completes the neural arch, as its crown or key-bone. 1939 G. B. Bridgman Human Machine 143 The leg bones rest on the arch where it articulates with the astragalus, the key-bone or keystone of the arch. 2003 E. von Kuehnelt-Leddihn in H.-H. Hoppe Myth National Def. iii. 105 Could one imagine..Francis Joseph using a thighbone of a Prussian grenadier as a paper-knife? Or Queen Victoria in such a delicate way the key-bone of a Boer sharpshooter? < as lemmas |
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