英语词汇“digitigrade”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

digitigrade

/ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡreɪd

adjective Zoology

(Of a mammal) walking on its toes and not touching the ground with its heels, as a dog, cat, or rodent. Compare with plantigrade.Because of their digitigrade stance, walking down stairs was difficult for them to do rapidly....

Bear in mind that this rule applies even in the case of extreme digitigrade organisms in which a ‘ventral’ or ‘plantar’ view of the ankle in a natural life position requires one to look down on the tarsals and see the top side of the foot.
Thus, by the early Late Triassic sauropods had relatively small forefeet that were held in a nearly vertical, digitigrade posture in which the five weight-bearing digits were arranged in a gentle arch.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin digitus 'finger, toe' + -gradus '-walking'.

单词	digitigrade
释义	digitigrade /ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡreɪd / adjective Zoology (Of a mammal) walking on its toes and not touching the ground with its heels, as a dog, cat, or rodent. Compare with plantigrade.Because of their digitigrade stance, walking down stairs was difficult for them to do rapidly.... Bear in mind that this rule applies even in the case of extreme digitigrade organisms in which a ‘ventral’ or ‘plantar’ view of the ankle in a natural life position requires one to look down on the tarsals and see the top side of the foot. Thus, by the early Late Triassic sauropods had relatively small forefeet that were held in a nearly vertical, digitigrade posture in which the five weight-bearing digits were arranged in a gentle arch. Origin Mid 19th century: from Latin digitus 'finger, toe' + -gradus '-walking'.
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