英语词汇“fetal position”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. Designating a posture in which the back is curved forwards and the knees and elbows are flexed and drawn into the chest; esp. in fetal position. Of a person: adopting this position.This posture is seen in fetuses in the uterus, and, in post-natal life, during sleep or as a sign of certain (mainly neurological) diseases. It is often thought to be indicative of mental or emotional distress or of supposed psychological regression when occurring in a wakeful child or adult.

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1887 tr. W. T. Preyer in E. Marwedel Conscious Motherhood ii. xi. 451 There are also statements as to the first efforts of the nursling, when lying straight down or keeping its fœtal position, to turn himself to the other side.

1898 Times & Reg. (U.S.) 25 June 377/1 The nurse or mother holds the child upon her lap, with the knees flexed upon the abdomen, as in the fetal position.

1911 L. Burns Stud. Osteopathic Sci. III. x. 216 The tendency to assume the fetal position under stress of the depressing emotions is well known.

1915 Interstate Med. Jrnl. 22 977 Just as the infant sinks into deep sleep these impulsive movements slow down and the body usually comes to a state of rest in the fetal position.

1951 A. Bester Demolished Man (1978) xvii. 228 Reich was curled into a tight foetal ball.

1998 Independent 9 June (Review section) 14/2 A man at the front—one of the first to be ‘powered up’—curled up in the foetal position and cried.

2009 N.Y. Mag. 31 Aug. 90 Michele's mother, Edith, who's been ‘fetal’ in the hall, returns.

单词	fetal position
释义	> as lemmas fetal position 2. Designating a posture in which the back is curved forwards and the knees and elbows are flexed and drawn into the chest; esp. in fetal position. Of a person: adopting this position.This posture is seen in fetuses in the uterus, and, in post-natal life, during sleep or as a sign of certain (mainly neurological) diseases. It is often thought to be indicative of mental or emotional distress or of supposed psychological regression when occurring in a wakeful child or adult. ΚΠ 1887 tr. W. T. Preyer in E. Marwedel Conscious Motherhood ii. xi. 451 There are also statements as to the first efforts of the nursling, when lying straight down or keeping its fœtal position, to turn himself to the other side. 1898 Times & Reg. (U.S.) 25 June 377/1 The nurse or mother holds the child upon her lap, with the knees flexed upon the abdomen, as in the fetal position. 1911 L. Burns Stud. Osteopathic Sci. III. x. 216 The tendency to assume the fetal position under stress of the depressing emotions is well known. 1915 Interstate Med. Jrnl. 22 977 Just as the infant sinks into deep sleep these impulsive movements slow down and the body usually comes to a state of rest in the fetal position. 1951 A. Bester Demolished Man (1978) xvii. 228 Reich was curled into a tight foetal ball. 1998 Independent 9 June (Review section) 14/2 A man at the front—one of the first to be ‘powered up’—curled up in the foetal position and cried. 2009 N.Y. Mag. 31 Aug. 90 Michele's mother, Edith, who's been ‘fetal’ in the hall, returns. extracted from fetaladj. < as lemmas
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