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单词 natatory
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natatoryn.

Brit. /ˈneɪtətri/, U.S. /ˈneɪdəˌtɔri/, /ˈnædəˌtɔri/
Forms: Middle English natatori, Middle English nathatori, Middle English 1600s natatorie, 1800s– natatory.
Origin: Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: Latin natatorium ; natatory adj.
Etymology: In sense 1 < post-classical Latin natatorium natatorium n.; compare Middle French natatoire swimming pool (1534 in Rabelais; late 12th cent. in Old French in sense ‘pond suitable for swimming’). In sense 2 < natatory adj. Compare Portuguese natatória (16th cent.); compare also Italian natatoia fin (1875).
1. A pool; a place to swim. rare. Now historical.In quot. 1944 with allusion to Rabelais (see quot. 1653).
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > lake > pond > [noun] > for swimming
piscinaa1398
natatorya1400
piscinea1400
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 13549–50 (MED) To natatorie [a1400 Fairf. nathatori] nu sal þou wende; At natatori sylee þar sal þin eien wassed be.
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 61 Streght from Natatorie Syloe is an ymage of ston.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. lv. 241 On the out-side were placed the tilt-yard,..the theater.., and Natatorie or place to swim in.
1944 L. Mumford Condition of Man vi. 217 A natatory or a place to swim.
2. Zoology. A natatory organ. Obsolete. rare.
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1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 878 The abdominal natatories are very small.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

natatoryadj.

Brit. /ˈneɪtətri/, U.S. /ˈneɪdəˌtɔri/, /ˈnædəˌtɔri/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin natātōrius.
Etymology: < classical Latin natātōrius for swimming, of a place (in isolated use in an inscription; in literary texts from the 4th cent. a.d.) < natāt- , past participial stem of natāre to swim (see natant adj.) + -ōrius -ory suffix2. Compare Italian natatorio (a1400), Middle French, French natatoire (late 16th cent. in lieux natatoires swimming pools; 1798–9 in vessie natatoire natatory bladder; also in sense ‘relating to swimming’), Portuguese natatório (1873), Spanish natatorio.
1. Zoology. Of an organ: adapted for or used in swimming or floating; = natatorial adj. 2.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > adapted for swimming or floating
natatory1799
natatorial1825
natatorious1826
1799 Brit. Critic 13 212 When they feel the necessity of sleep, their natatory bladder is much inflated.
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. vi. 197 It is said that they can render themselves heavy or light at pleasure, which some effect by means of a natatory vesicle.
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xiii. 441 They have six pairs of beautifully constructed natatory legs.
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 416 The natatory membrane of many Reptiles.
1905 Amer. Naturalist 39 791 The natatory setæ extend to the end of the terminal claws.
1953 Amer. Midland Naturalist 49 190 The rami of the natatory legs are composed of two segments, the second basis of the first leg bears a long inner spine.
1992 Jrnl. Crustacean Biol. 12 383 The third through eighth thoracic endopods..have long comblike setae that are used to clean the natatory exopods.
2. In, of, or relating to swimming; = natatorial adj. 1. Cf. natational adj. Now rare.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [adjective] > swimming > relating to
natatorial1816
natatory1831
natational1883
1831 New-Eng. Mag. 1 227 The Swallow..never was famous for practices ambulatory or natatory.
1863 G. Kearley Links in Chain vii. 154 They are enabled to perform a sort of natatory movement.
1885 Graphic 24 Jan. 90/3 He had confidence in his own natatory skill.
1937 O. Stapledon Star Maker vii. 137 Fifty thousand million super-ichthyoids living a life of natatory delight..in the ocean of their great native world.
1995 Jrnl. Paleontol. 69 496 The abundant number of specimens and the generally exceptional preservation have allowed interpretation of its probable natatory behavior.
3. Chiefly Zoology. Characterized by swimming or the ability to swim. Cf. natatorial adj. 3.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [adjective] > swimming > characterized by
natatory1887
1887 E. D. Cope Origin Fittest 278 There is little doubt that the natatory Sirenian order was derived from it by a process of degradation.
1895 ‘Q’ Wandering Heath 95 Nereus..With his natatory daughters.
1954 Amer. Midland Naturalist 52 483 There are both natatory and nonswimming forms.
1991 Ann. Carnegie Museum 60 163 The Carcineretidae is a heterogeneous group of reptant and natatory crabs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.a1400adj.1799
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