| 释义 |
prom·on·to·ry
\-rē, -ri\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Latin, alteration (infl. by mont-, mons mountain & -orium -ory) of promunturium; akin to prominēre to jut out — more at prominent
1.
a. : a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water beyond the line of coast : headland
b. : a bluff or prominent hill overlooking or projecting into a lowland
c. : a low-lying cape
2. : a bodily prominence: as
a. : the angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the vertebra
b. : a prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear |