| 单词 |
triceps |
| 释义 |
triceps, a. and n.|ˈtraɪsɛps|
[a. L. triceps, tricipit-em three-headed, f. tri- + -cep-s, -cipit-, deriv. form of cap-ut head. Cf. F. triceps (16th c.).]
A. adj. Three-headed (in quot. 1577 loosely, consisting of three heads); spec. of a muscle: Having three heads or points of origin (see B).
1577Grange Golden Aphrod., etc. R ij b, The Triceps head of Cerberus. 1804Abernethy Surg. Obs. 99 An agitation of fluid was felt beneath the triceps muscle in the inside of the arm. 1881Mivart Cat 96 A rough process or ‘tuberosity’, into which the triceps muscle is inserted.
B. n. A triceps muscle; spec. that of the thigh (triceps extensor cruris, t. femoralis) and that of the upper arm (t. extensor cubiti, t. humeralis).
1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Triceps, is a Muscle of the Thigh, so called from its three Heads or Beginnings. 1846F. Brittan tr. Malgaigne's Man. Oper. Surg. 211 The brachial [artery]..between the biceps and the internal portion of the triceps. 1860O. W. Holmes Elsie V. iii. (1887) 33 The triceps..furnishes the calf of the upper arm.
Hence † triˈceptic a. (nonce-wd.) [irreg. for tricipital], three-headed.
1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. To Rdr. 41 Those..Triceptick or Trifaucian Cerberus's. |
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