phalanx

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n. 方阵, 密集队列, 密集的人群(或兽群), 指骨, 趾骨 [医] 指[趾]骨

发音

US /ˈfeɪˌlæŋks/
AU /ˈfeɪˌlæŋks/

词形变化

phalanges phalanxes 复数 phalanxes phalanges 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.

    方阵

    历史
  2. 2.

    A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.

    历史
  3. 3.

    A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.

  4. 4.

    One of the bones of the finger or toe.

    指骨

    趾骨

    医学
  5. 5.

    A bundle of stamens, in diadelphous and polyadelphous flowers.

    生物 植物学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

force crowd bone os

整体词 2

digit dactyl

相关短语

distal phalanx intermediate phalanx proximal phalanx middle phalanx distal phalange intermediate phalange proximal phalange middle phalange

词源

Borrowed from Latin phalanx or Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”). Doublet of phalange, planch, plancha, planche, and plank.

来源：wiktionary