meniscus
名词 n.
英 /məˈnɪs.kəs/|/mɛˈnɪs.kəs/
美 /məˈnɪs.kəs/|/mɛˈnɪs.kəs/
英文释义
名词 n.
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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.
- A lens which is convex on one side and concave on the other, being crescent-shaped in cross-section.
- The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid.
- Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion.
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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.
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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