单词 | ectomorph |
释义 | ectomorphn. Anthropometry. A person with the lean body-build in which the physical structures developed from the ectodermal layer of the embryo, i.e. the skin and the nervous system, predominate: one of W. H. Sheldon's three constitutional types (cf. endomorph n. 2, mesomorph n.). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > person having staffc1405 notomy1487 rakea1529 crag1542 scrag1542 sneakbill1546 starveling1546 slim1548 ghost1590 bald-rib1598 bare-bone1598 bow-case1599 atomy1600 sneaksbill1602 thin-gut1602 anatomya1616 sharg1623 skeleton1630 raw-bone1635 living skeleton1650 strammel1706 scarecrow1711 rickle of bones1729 shargar1754 squeeze-crab1785 rack of bones1804 thread-paper1824 bag of bones1838 dry-bones1845 skinnymalink1870 hairpin1879 slim jim1889 skinny1907 underweight1910 asthenic1925 ectomorph1940 skinny-malinky1957 matchstick1959 1940 W. H. Sheldon Varieties of Human Physique i. 5 In proportion to his mass, the ectomorph has the greatest surface area and hence relatively the greatest sensory exposure to the outside world. 1954 R. Fuller Fantasy & Fugue iv. 75 Now you..unfortunately incline to the cerebrotonic ectomorph—you worry too much, you're too good looking, and you can't abandon yourself happily to booze. 1961 New Scientist 6 Apr. 854/1 The ectomorph is much more of an introvert and more shrewd and calculating. 1962 W. H. Auden Dyer's Hand (1963) 345 The chirpy social endomorph will give a different picture of it from that of the melancholic withdrawn ectomorph. Derivatives ˈectomorphic adj. ΚΠ 1940 W. H. Sheldon Varieties of Human Physique iii. 45 Hair of ectomorphic people is of nearly the same abundance as in the case of endomorphy. 1956 C. P. Snow Homecomings li. 367 His profile confronted hers, each of them firm and beautiful in their ectomorphic lines. ˈectomorphy n. ΚΠ 1940 W. H. Sheldon Varieties of Human Physique i. 5 Ectomorphy means relative predominance of linearity and fragility. 1962 Listener 24 May 905/2 A sort of parlour game, deciding how many points he scores for endomorphy, mesomorphy, and ectomorphy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1940 |
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