单词 | auricle |
释义 | auriclen. 1. a. The external ear of animals. Formerly sometimes restricted to the lower lobe or ‘lap’ of the human ear. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > ear > [noun] > flap or lobe lapc1000 ear-lapOE list1530 lippet1598 lug1602 lappet1609 handle1615 libbet1627 auricle1650 flip-flop1661 pinna1682 helix1684 lobe1719 earlobea1785 ear flap1810 leaf1819 shell1831 pavilion1842 ear bud1953 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > ear > [noun] earOE listc1380 sousea1658 concha1683 auricula1691 wattle1699 listener1821 conch1831 earhole1843 tab1866 auricle1874 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis viii. 96 A certain Nation whose Auricles are so great that they hang down to their shoulders. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. ii. §5 ⁋64 The Auricle and Meatus Auditorius are cartilaginous. 1874 D. B. St. J. Roosa Dis. Ear 53 The auricle..has as its functions the reception, reflection, and condensation of the waves of sound. b. transferred. An ‘ear’ or ear-hole. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > for whispering through whispering-hole1663 auricle1859 1859 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 300 The penitent..poured his sins through a perforated auricle into this unseen receptacle. 2. A process shaped liked the lower lobe or ‘lap’ of the human ear; a lobe; esp. in Botany and Conchology. (Cf. auriculate adj.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > Testacea (shelled molluscs) > shelled mollusc > shell > part of auricle1665 heel1673 lip1681 mouth1681 whirl1681 rib1711 antihelix1721 canal1734 columella1755 vesture1755 body whirl1776 fent1776 pillar1776 pillar-lip1776 septum1786 aperture1794 body whorl1807 costa1812 seam1816 spine1822 umbo1822 varix1822 peristome1828 summit1828 nucleus1833 concameration1835 lunula1835 nympha1836 nymph1839 lunule1842 peritreme1848 body chamber1851 axis1866 umbone1867 liration1904 the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > leaflet lacinia1668 label1672 pinna1703 label1707 pinnula1707 ala1712 lobe1731 pinnule1751 lobe-leaf1758 leafit1761 little leaf1775 wing1776 foliole1785 leaflet1811 lobelet1850 auricle1861 lobule1880 pinnulet1881 pointrel1881 1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 87 A stone..having three Auricles or crisped Angles. 1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) viii. 242 The auricles are the processes on each side of the umbones. 1861 P. Lankester Wild Flowers 74 The upper leaves..embracing the stem by pointed auricles. 3. Name of the two upper cavities of the heart, which, in mammals, birds, and reptiles, receive blood from the veins and lungs respectively. (Fishes have only one auricle.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > heart > [noun] > auricle eara1398 deaf-ear1615 earlet1659 auricle1664 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 40 In this Cartilaginous Pericardium [of the Lamprey]..is likewise the Auricle co-included. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. ii. §7 ⁋74 The contraction of the Auricle of the Heart. 1831 W. Youatt Horse x. 171 Called auricles, from their supposed resemblance to a dog's ear. 4. A kind of ear-trumpet for the deaf. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > audiology or audiometry > [noun] > aids to defective hearing trunk1546 otacousticon1615 otacoustic1617 ear-spectacle1626 sarbacane1644 acoustic1659 acousticon1660 hearing-trumpet1725 ear trumpet1731 trumpet1774 otophone1839 auricle1864 audiphone1880 osteophone1892 microphonograph1897 hearing aid1922 deaf-aid1934 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Mansfield). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1650 |
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