thorax

英 [ˈθɔːræks]

美 [ˈθɔːræks]

n.  胸; 胸腔; (昆虫的)胸，胸部

医学

BNC.27648 / COCA.26733

牛津词典

noun

• 胸；胸腔
  the part of the body that is surrounded by the ribs , between the neck and the waist
• （昆虫的）胸，胸部
  the middle section of an insect's body, to which the legs and wings are attached

柯林斯词典

• 胸部;胸腔;胸廓
  Yourthoraxis the part of your body between your neck and your waist.
• (昆虫的)胸部，胸节
  An insect'sthoraxis the central part of its body to which the legs and wings are attached.

英英释义

noun

• part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs
• the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
  Synonym:chestpectus
• the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen

双语例句

• Results The observed indexes which represented the changes of heart, blood vessels, thorax and lung volume were changing in different degrees with age growth.
  结果代表心脏、大血管、胸廓及肺体积改变的各项观测指标，随年龄增长而发生不同程度的变化。
• However, ants have a narrow "waist" between the abdomen and thorax, which termites do not.
  然而，蚂蚁有一个狭窄的“腰围”的腹部和胸部，而白蚁不是。
• Crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax.
  甲壳动物，特征是有五对活动的附肢且每个附肢均与胸腔的一节连接。
• The cardio-thoracic ratio, expressed as a percentage, is the ratio between the maximum transverse diameter of the heart and the maximum width of the thorax.
  心胸比率用百分率表示，是心脏最大横径和胸廓最大宽径的比率。
• Clinical main symptoms is the stiffness and pain of the lumbar, sacro, ack, cervical spine and hip, even affect to the hypochondria and anterior part of thorax.
  临床主要表现为腰、骶、背、颈、脊柱和髋部僵硬疼痛，甚至影响到胁肋及胸前部。
• From ground-based telescopes, the "ant nebula" resembles the head and thorax of a garden ant.
  透过地面望远镜，蚂蚁星云看上去像一只花园蚂蚁的头与胸。
• It has a distinctly globular thorax.
  它的胸部明显地呈球形。
• She and her colleagues report the findings in the medical journal Thorax.
  她及其同事在《胸科》医学杂志上发表了该研究结果。
• ( zoology) having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects.
  （动物学）分离的头、胸、腹部由紧缩分开的，如某些昆虫。
• It has a distinctly globular thorax. She is noticeably thinner after her illness.
  它的胸部明显地呈球形。她生病后明显地瘦了。