incus

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɪŋ.kəs/    美 /ˈɪŋ.kəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.
    — The tympanic cavity is spanned by the three smallest bones in the body: the auditory ossicles[…] These bones, named for their shape, are the malleus (malʹe-us; "hammer"); the incus (ingʹkus; "anvil"); and the stapes (staʹpēz; "stirrup").
  2. An accessory cloud in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.

词形变化

incudes plural

词汇关系

相关词
incudal

词源

Etymology tree
Latin incūsbor.
English incus
Borrowed from Latin incūs (“anvil”).
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