| 释义 |
cul-de-sac
\|kəldə̇|sak, -dē|- also |ku̇l- sometimes -säk or -sȧk, F ku̅e̅dsȧk\ noun
(plural culs-de-sac \“\ ; also cul-de-sacs \-ks\)
Etymology: French, literally, bottom of the bag
1. anatomy
a. : a blind diverticulum or pouch (as the cecum); also : the closed end of such a pouch
b. or cul-de-sac of douglas usually capitalized 2d D [after James Douglas died 1742 Scottish physician and anatomist] : pouch of douglas
2. : a passage or alley with no exit forward : blind alley; especially : a street that is closed at one end but usually has a circular area for turning around at that end
3. : a point beyond which further advance or progress is or seems to be impossible
< worked himself into a cul-de-sac within three or four hundred feet of the top — Andrew Hamilton & Chandler Harris >
< his own investigations into the substantiality of matter lead him into a cul-de-sac — Leslie Paul > |