| 单词 | nerve-knot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnerve-knot nerve-knot n. Anatomy (now rare) a ganglion; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > parts of nerves > [noun] > ganglion ganglion1698 lenticular ganglion1793 nerve-knot1832 Casserian (or Gasserian) ganglion1842 station1855 nerve ganglion1870 the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > position of being in the midst > point which forms centre for its surroundings > centre of activity, operations, etc. metropolis1599 metropolitana1620 focus1796 foyer1799 nerve-knot1832 hub1858 nerve centre1870 storm centre1894 nexus1971 1832 J. Rennie Alphabet of Insects 76 The fibres or threads of the nerves which join such a nerve-knot or ganglion, become twisted within it,..into a bundle. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. ix. 113 Casterbridge was..but the pole, focus, or nerve-knot of the surrounding country life. 1954 O. H. K. Spate & B. H. Farmer India & Pakistan iv. xxvi. 774 Kandy is the nerve-knot of its basin, and had a population of 51,266 in 1946. 1995 J. Peel Maniac 173 She started to get out of bed, but pain stabbed through her right leg. That evil nerve knot! < as lemmas |
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