anatomy

名词 n.
/əˈnætəmi/|/əˈnatəmɪj/    /əˈnætəmi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. countable,uncountable
    — Animal anatomy is also called zootomy; vegetable anatomy, phytotomy; and human anatomy, anthropotomy.
  2. The study of the parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy. countable,uncountable
  3. The physical or functional organization of an organism, or part of it. countable,uncountable
    — I went to the Venice beach body-building competition and noticed the competitor from Athens, and let me tell you, that's what I call classic Greek anatomy.
  4. A treatise or book on anatomy. countable
  5. The form of an individual. colloquial,countable,uncountable
  6. The human body, especially in reference to the genitals. countable,euphemistic,uncountable
    — His extraordinary suggestion is that the future PM inserted a private part of his anatomy into the animal's mouth.
  7. A skeleton or other dead body. archaic,countable
    — So did the Ægyptians, who in the middest of their banquetings, and in the full of their greatest cheere, caused the anatomy of a dead man to be brought before them, as a memorandum and warning to their guests.
  8. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts. broadly,countable,uncountable
    — the anatomy of a discourse

词形变化

anatomies plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-
Proto-Hellenic *aná
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-)
Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)
Ancient Greek ἀνατέμνω (anatémnō)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek ἀνατομή (anatomḗ)
Ancient Greek *ἀνατομία (*anatomía)bor.
Latin anatomiader.
Old French anatomiebor.
Middle English anatomie
English anatomy
From Middle English anatomie, from Old French anatomie, from Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek *ἀνατομία (*anatomía), from ἀνατομή (anatomḗ, “dissection”, literally “cutting up”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, incise”). By surface analysis, ana- + -tomy. Doublet of ottomy.
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