| 释义 |
‖ omphalos|ˈɒmfəlɒs|
[a. Gr. ὀµϕαλός navel, boss, centre, hub, etc.]
1. Gr. Antiq.
a. A boss on a shield, etc.
1857Birch Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 410 Some shields have their omphalos, or boss, sculptured to represent a head of Pan.
b. A sacred stone, of a rounded conical shape, in the temple of Apollo at Delphi, fabled to mark the central point of the earth.
1850J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art (ed. 2) 447 Apollo sitting on the tripod and with his feet on the omphalos.
2. gen. and fig. A central point or portion, centre, hub.
1855Kingsley Westw. Ho xii, It is the very omphalos, cynosure, and soul, around which the town..has organised itself. 1884L. Griffin in Fortn. Rev. Mar. 388 The centre and omphalos of a world-wide empire. 1895Expositor Aug. 153 Jerusalem..became to their imagination the spiritual omphalos of the world. |