navel

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈneɪbəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
  2. The central part or point of anything; the middle.
    — Within the navel of this hideous wood, Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells, Of Bacchus and Circe born, great Comus
  3. A navel orange.
    — This contributed to a rapid rise in planted acreage in northern California, especially in navels, which are more suited to growing conditions there.
  4. An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage. historical
动词 v.
  1. To be in the middle of a landscape. literary,poetic
    — Lo, Nemi! navelled in the woody hills / So far, that the uprooting wind which tears / The oak from his foundation, and which spills / The ocean o’er its boundary, and bears / Its foam against the skies, reluctant spares / The oval mirror of thy glassy lake; […]

词形变化

navels plural navil alternative,obsolete navels present,singular,third-person naveling US,participle,present navelling UK,participle,present naveled US,participle,past naveled US,past navelled UK,participle,past navelled UK,past navil alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
bellybutton belly button nave umbilicus navel
下位词
innie outie
衍生词
contemplate one's navel fuzzy navel navel gall navel-gaze navel-gazer navel-gazey navel-gazing navel gazing navelless navellike navel orange navel point navel ring navel-string navel string navel-watching navelwort subnavel
相关词
innie outie omphalos omphaloskepsis umbilicum mundi

词源

词源 1
From Middle English navel, navele, from Old English nafola, from Proto-West Germanic *nabulō, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô (“navel”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl (“navel”), diminutive of *h₃nebʰ- (“hub; navel”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian nâle (“navel”), Dutch navel (“navel”), German Nabel (“navel”), Vilamovian nowuł (“navel”), Yiddish נאָפּל (nopl, “navel”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk navle (“navel”), Icelandic nafli (“navel”), Swedish navel (“navel”); also Irish imleacán (“navel”), Scottish Gaelic ilmeag, imleag (“navel; nave”), Kashmiri ناب (nāb, “navel”), Latin umbilīcus (“navel”), Greek αφαλός (afalós), ομφαλός (omfalós, “navel”), Old Prussian nabis (“navel”), Armenian անիվ (aniv, “wheel”), Central Kurdish ناوک (nawik, “navel”), Persian ناف (nâf, “navel”), Sanskrit नाभि (nābhi, “navel; centre”),
Doublet of omphalos. More at nave.
词源 2
From Middle English navel, navele, from Old English nafola, from Proto-West Germanic *nabulō, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô (“navel”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl (“navel”), diminutive of *h₃nebʰ- (“hub; navel”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian nâle (“navel”), Dutch navel (“navel”), German Nabel (“navel”), Vilamovian nowuł (“navel”), Yiddish נאָפּל (nopl, “navel”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk navle (“navel”), Icelandic nafli (“navel”), Swedish navel (“navel”); also Irish imleacán (“navel”), Scottish Gaelic ilmeag, imleag (“navel; nave”), Kashmiri ناب (nāb, “navel”), Latin umbilīcus (“navel”), Greek αφαλός (afalós), ομφαλός (omfalós, “navel”), Old Prussian nabis (“navel”), Armenian անիվ (aniv, “wheel”), Central Kurdish ناوک (nawik, “navel”), Persian ناف (nâf, “navel”), Sanskrit नाभि (nābhi, “navel; centre”),
Doublet of omphalos. More at nave.
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