单词 | jugular |
释义 | jugularadj.n. A. adj. 1. Anatomy. Of, pertaining to, or situated in the neck or throat; esp. an epithet of the great veins of the neck, as the external jugular vein, which conveys the blood from the superficial parts of the head, and the internal jugular vein, which conveys it from the inside of the skull. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [adjective] > front of neck jugular1598 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. xij b/2 The Iugulare or organicke vayne. 1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. xiii. 52 Apply Leeches..unto the jugular veynes in the necke. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 48 A Physiognomist.., said, he was stupid, because there were obstructions in his jugular parts. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 335 Neither of the carotid arteries, or internal jugular veins were opened. 1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 51 Behind this, is a square eminence, covered with cartilage, which is articulated to the temporal bone, and is named the Jugular process. 1855 L. Holden Human Osteol. 49 Immediately external to the condyles, the bone forms on each side a projection, termed the ‘jugular eminence’. 2. Ichthyology. Of a fish: Having the ventral fins situated in front of the pectoral, i.e. in the region of the throat; said also of a ventral fin so situated. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [adjective] > having fin(s) > of relation of ventral to pectoral jugular1769 thoracic1769 subbrachial1830 subbrachian1835 subbrachiate1855 1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 31 I have copied the great sections of the Bony Fish into Apodal, Jugular [etc.]. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 303 The ventral fins are placed more forward than the pectoral fins, as in the haddock, and then the animal is called a Jugular fish. 1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 185 In some fishes their relative position is in front of the pectorals, when they obtain technically the name of jugular fins. B. n. 1. Anatomy. Short for jugular vein. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > vein > [noun] > specific vein middle veina1398 portaa1398 saphena1398 funisa1400 sciaticaa1400 guidesc1400 haemorrhoidc1400 salvatellac1400 liver veina1425 median?a1425 mesaraic?a1425 sciatic?a1425 venal artery?a1425 sciat1503 organal vein1523 axillar?1541 weeping vein1543 port-vein1586 lip-vein1598 nose vein1598 sciatic vein1598 cephalic vein1599 hollow vein1605 jugular1615 scapulary1615 subclavian vein1615 umbilical vessel1615 basilica1625 porter-vein1625 neck vein1639 garter-vein1656 matricious vein1656 sacred vein1656 subclavicular1656 subclavial1664 vertebral1718 portal vein1765 cava1809 satellite vein1809 brachial1859 innominate vein1866 precaval1866 postcava1882 precava1882 postcaval1891 Vesalian vein1891 sciatic1892 subcardinal1902 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 435 Veines from the outward braunch of the external iugulars. 1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 23 I cut the Jugular of a Dog. 1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. x. 422 A great trunk, the innominate, is formed by the union of the two jugulars and the subclavian. 2. Ichthyology. A jugular fish: see A. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > fin or parts of fin > pectoral > having ventral fins specific relating to pectoral thoracic1828 subbrachian1834 jugular1835 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. ii. 110 The tribe of Jugulars..whose ventral fins are nearer the mouth than the pectoral. Draft additions March 2017 to go for the jugular and variants: to launch an aggressive or unrestrained attack; to target an adversary's weakest or most vulnerable point; cf. to go for the throat at throat n. Phrases 3d. ΚΠ 1939 Barron's 20 Feb. 10/2 Germany leaps for the jugular vein in a thrust for the Soviet Ukraine. 1977 R. Coover Public Burning 65 They say I'm a buzzsaw opponent, ruthless and even unscrupulous, they say I go for the jugular, no holds barred. 1999 D. Mitchell Ghostwritten 103 Tell him I'm not going for his jugular, I just want what's rightfully mine. 2016 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Feb. (US News section) Cruz..went for the jugular, accusing Trump of advocating for socialized medicine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1598 |
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