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

laughing muscle n. [in sense (b) after post-classical Latin musculus risorius (see risorius n.)] (a) any muscle supposedly involved in the act of laughing; (b) Anatomy (an informal term for) the risorius muscle of the face.

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1765 J. Hoadly in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems V. 341 If he the laughing muscle moves, Thou nor the critic's sneer shal'st mind, Nor be to pies and trunks consign'd.

1789 ‘P. Pindar’ Expostulatory Odes xv. 50 My Lords, my laughing muscles can't lie still.

1838 W. J. E. Wilson Pract. & Surg. Anat. v. 158 That portion of the muscle which is continued upwards to the angle of the mouth, was formerly called risorius Santorini (the laughing muscle of Santorinus).

1900 Science 1 June 855/2 The Risorius, the ‘laughing muscle’, draws upward and backward the corners of the mouth.

1913 Lancet 29 Mar. 901/1 It seems strange that one who has tried to look into the meanings of anatomical terms should assert that the risorius is the laughing muscle.., for that is to mislead the student.

1998 Funeral Service Jrnl. Sept. 32/1 Having exercised our eating, talking and laughing muscles, we will exercise all the rest and burn off those calories as we disco our way back to Westminster Pier.

单词	laughing muscle
释义	> as lemmas laughing muscle laughing muscle n. [in sense (b) after post-classical Latin musculus risorius (see risorius n.)] (a) any muscle supposedly involved in the act of laughing; (b) Anatomy (an informal term for) the risorius muscle of the face. ΚΠ 1765 J. Hoadly in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems V. 341 If he the laughing muscle moves, Thou nor the critic's sneer shal'st mind, Nor be to pies and trunks consign'd. 1789 ‘P. Pindar’ Expostulatory Odes xv. 50 My Lords, my laughing muscles can't lie still. 1838 W. J. E. Wilson Pract. & Surg. Anat. v. 158 That portion of the muscle which is continued upwards to the angle of the mouth, was formerly called risorius Santorini (the laughing muscle of Santorinus). 1900 Science 1 June 855/2 The Risorius, the ‘laughing muscle’, draws upward and backward the corners of the mouth. 1913 Lancet 29 Mar. 901/1 It seems strange that one who has tried to look into the meanings of anatomical terms should assert that the risorius is the laughing muscle.., for that is to mislead the student. 1998 Funeral Service Jrnl. Sept. 32/1 Having exercised our eating, talking and laughing muscles, we will exercise all the rest and burn off those calories as we disco our way back to Westminster Pier. extracted from laughingn. < as lemmas
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