homunculus

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n. 侏儒 [医] 小人(精神病人幻想的), 矮人

发音

UK /hɒˈmʌŋk.jʊ.ləs/
US /həˈmʌŋk.jə.ləs/
US /hoʊˈmʌŋk.jə.ləs/

词形变化

homunculi 复数 homunculi homunculuses homunculuses 复数

别名

homuncle homuncule homonculus

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm.

  2. 2.

    The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

manikin mannikin

上位词 6

someone person somebody soul individual mortal

相关短语

homunculus argument homunculus arguments

词源

Borrowed from Latin homunculus, from homō (“man”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

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