trapezium

名词 n.
/tɹæˈpi.zi.əm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A quadrilateral with two sides parallel. Australia,New-Zealand,UK
  2. A quadrilateral with two sides parallel.; A quadrilateral with two sides parallel and two sides non-parallel. Australia,New-Zealand,UK
  3. A four-sided polygon with no parallel sides and no sides equal; a simple convex irregular quadrilateral. US,dated
  4. The trapezium bone of the wrist.
  5. A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.

词形变化

trapeziums plural trapezia plural

词汇关系

词源

Recorded since 1570, learned borrowing from Late Latin trapezium, from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”), diminutive of τράπεζα (trápeza, “table”). Doublet of trapeze.
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