单词 | natatory |
释义 | natatoryn. 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. ΚΠ 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. 1. Zoology. Of an organ: adapted for or used in swimming or floating; = natatorial adj. 2. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.a1400adj.1799 |
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