dromedary

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɹɒmɪdəɹi/|/ˈdrʌ-/|/-mə-/|/-dɹi/    美 /ˈdɹɑməˌdɛɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The single-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius).
    — The duke in his schelde and dreches no lengere, / Drawes hym a dromedarie, with dredfulle knyghtez; [...]
  2. Any swift riding camel.
    — [T]hou art like a ſwift dromedarie, that runneth by his wayes.
    Thou art like a swift dromedary, that runs in his ways.
  3. Referring to a biphasic clinical course of poliomyelitis, typically occurring in children, characterized by a minor illness, followed by an asymptomatic period of several days before the onset of a major illness involving the central nervous system. attributive,dated
    — The untreated cases have been arranged in three groups according to the clinical course. The first group, called the dromedary group, shows the curious phenomenon of two different periods of illness with an interval of well-being. […] Because of the two distinct groups or humps of symptoms, the analogy to the arrangement of the dromedary’s back was taken to express the type figuratively.

词形变化

dromedaries plural dromedarie alternative

词汇关系

上位词
camel
衍生词
dromedarian dromedarist
相关词
ship of the desert

词源

From Middle English dromedari, dromedarie (“dromedary; any camel”) [and other forms], from Old French dromedaire, from Late Latin dromedārius (“kind of camel”), from Latin *dromadārius, from dromas, dromadis (“dromedary”) + -ārius (suffix forming nouns denoting agents of use). Dromas and dromadis are derived from Ancient Greek δρομᾰ́ς (dromắs, “running; dromedary”), an ellipsis of δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos, “running camel”), from δρόμος (drómos, “race, running; race course, track”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to run”).
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