megrim

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmiːɡɹɪm/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A headache; a migraine. archaic
  2. A flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, a Cornish sole, sail-fluke, witch or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis).
    — MEGRIM (LEPIDORHOMBUS WHIFFIAGONIS)[…]NOTE: In Ireland,this species is often called "witch", a name that properly belongs to the craigfluke, Glyptocephalus cynaglossus, which is a right-handed flatfish. Both species are marketed as "white sole."
  3. A fancy, a whim, a caprice. archaic
  4. See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”). in-plural
    — For quotations using this term, see Citations:megrim.

词形变化

megrims plural megrims plural

词汇关系

衍生词
megrimish
相关词
hemicrania migraine

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Middle French migraigne, semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin hēmicrānia (“pain in one half of the head”), from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrāníă), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-, half”) + κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”) (whence also English cranium). Doublet of migraine and hemicrania.
词源 2
Unknown.
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