navel

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n. 脐, 肚脐, 中央, 中心 [医] 脐

发音

US /ˈneɪvəl/
US /ˈneɪvəl/
其它 /ˈneɪbəl/

词形变化

navels 复数 navels naveled navelled navels 三单 naveling 现在分词 navelling 现在分词 naveled 过去式 naveled 过去分词 navelled 过去式 navelled 过去分词

别名

navil

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.

    肚脐

    肚脐眼

    肚脐窿

    肚脐窟

    腹脐

    医学
  2. 2.

    The central part or point of anything; the middle.

  3. 3.

    A navel orange.

  4. 4.

    An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.

    历史
v.
  1. 1.

    To be in the middle of a landscape.

    文学 诗歌

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

bellybutton navel point omphalos omphalus umbilicus

上位词 4

point center centre midpoint

整体词 4

stomach belly abdomen venter

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English navel, navele, from Old English nafola, from Proto-West Germanic *nabulō, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô (“navel”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl (“navel”), diminutive of *h₃nebʰ- (“hub; navel”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian nâle (“navel”), Dutch navel (“navel”), German Nabel (“navel”), Vilamovian nowuł (“navel”), Yiddish נאָפּל (nopl, “navel”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk navle (“navel”), Icelandic nafli (“navel”), Swedish navel (“navel”); also Irish imleacán (“navel”), Scottish Gaelic ilmeag, imleag (“navel; nave”), Latin umbilīcus (“navel”), Greek αφαλός (afalós), ομφαλός (omfalós, “navel”), Old Prussian nabis (“navel”), Armenian անիվ (aniv, “wheel”), Central Kurdish ناوک (nawik, “navel”), Persian ناف (nâf, “navel”), Sanskrit नाभि (nābhi, “navel; centre”), Doublet of omphalos. More at nave.

来源：wiktionary