thorax

名词 n.
发音 thôr'aks

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
    — Holonyms: torso, trunk < body
  2. The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached.
    — Holonym: body

词形变化

thoraces plural thoraxes plural

词源

From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).
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