haltere
n. 缰绳, （马）笼头
发音
UK
/ˈhæltɪə/
US
/ˈhæltɪɹ/
/hælˈtɪɹiːz/
词形变化
halteres
复数
halteres
别名
halter
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A small knobbed structure in some two-winged insects, one of a pair that are flapped rapidly and function as accelerometers to maintain stability in flight.
生物 动物学
词汇关系
词源
From Ancient Greek ἁλτῆρες (haltêres, “weights held in the hand to give an impetus in leaping”). Note that in the original Greek, there seems to have been no singular for ἁλτῆρες (haltêres), and some authorities maintain that halteres is a plurale tantum, but in English entomological usage, haltere sometimes appears as a back-formation. Sometimes the singular halter is used instead, but this may lead to confusion with other, unrelated meanings of halter.
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