percuss

vt. 叩诊, 轻敲 [医] 叩

发音

UK /pəˈkʌs/
UK /pəˈkʰʌs/
US /pɚˈkʌs/
US /pɚˈkʰʌs/

词形变化

percussed percusses 三单 percusses percussing percussing 现在分词 percussed 过去式 percussed 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to.

    及物

    Solid bodies, if they be very softly percussed, give no sound.

    Give me thy hand Gonzalo, thou art in our favour, / For we do love to cheriſh lofty ſpirits, / Such as percuſſe the Earth, and bound / With an erected countenance to the clouds.

  2. 2.

    To impact.

    不及物

    Falling on the roof of the caravan, the hailstones percussed noisily.

  3. 3.

    To attempt to pinpoint the location or other quality of something by tapping on an overlying surface.

    叩诊

    打诊

    叩击

    及物 医学

    The doctor percussed his chest to determine whether he had pneumonia.

    Percussing a patient's spleen is best done while he is on his back.

词汇关系

动词

上位词 2

tip tap

词源

From Latin percussus, past participle of percutiō (“to strike, to beat”), from per (“through”) + quatiō (“to shake, to strike”).

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