leech-finger

短语

[医] 环指, 无名指

词形变化

leech-fingers 复数 leech-fingers

别名

leechfinger leach-finger

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The finger next to the little finger; ring-finger.

    废旧 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

ring finger

上位词 1

finger

词源

From Middle English leche fingir, læchefinger, from Old English lǣċefinger (“fourth finger, leech-finger”), equivalent to leech (“physician”) + finger. Compare Old Norse lǽknisfingr (“leech-finger”), Icelandic læknisfingur. According to medieval belief, a nerve or artery ran from this digit to the heart. It gave the finger a prominent role in medical lore and practice. Doctors would use it when applying treatments, for example.

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