meniscus

名词 n.
/məˈnɪs.kəs/|/mɛˈnɪs.kəs/    /məˈnɪs.kəs/|/mɛˈnɪs.kəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A crescent moon, or an object shaped like it.
    — And from Crabbe's own forehead sweat dripped or gathered into a kind of meniscus to be scooped off.
  2. A lens which is convex on one side and concave on the other, being crescent-shaped in cross-section.
  3. The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid.
  4. Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion.

词形变化

meniscuses plural menisci plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s
Proto-Hellenic *méns
Ancient Greek μείς (meís)
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Ancient Greek -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos)
Ancient Greek μηνῐ́σκος (mēnĭ́skos)
English meniscus
From Ancient Greek μηνίσκος (mēnískos, “crescent”), from μήνη (mḗnē, “moon”). Piecewise doublet of moonish.
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