amphora

FREQ #48075

[医] 瓶状体(植)

发音

UK /ˈæm.fə.ɹə/
UK /æmˈfɔːɹ.ə/
US /ˈæm(p).fɚ.ə/
US /æm(p)ˈfoɹ.ə/

词形变化

amphorae amphorai amphoras 复数 amphoras amphorae 复数 amphorai 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A large, two-handled vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.

    双耳细颈椭圆土罐

    双耳瓶

    历史
  2. 2.

    A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 80 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 26 L although differing slightly over time.

    历史
  3. 3.

    A Roman unit of ship capacity, similar to tonnage.

    历史
  4. 4.

    A lower valve of a fruit that opens transversely.

    生物 植物学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

jar

词源

From Latin amphora (“large wine vessel, Roman unit of liquid measure”), from Ancient Greek ἀμφορεύς (amphoreús, “two-handled pitcher, Greek units of liquid measure”), ultimately from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀠𐀡𐀩𐀸 (a-pi-po-re-we, “carried on both sides”).

来源：wiktionary