proran.

Brit.

/ˈprɔːrə/, U.S.

/ˈprɔrə/

Inflections: Plural prorae.

Origin: Of multiple origins. A borrowing from Latin. Partly also a borrowing from German. Etymons: Latin prōra; German Prora.

Etymology: < classical Latin prōra prow of a ship, ship, in post-classical Latin also anterior part (of the head, skull, or brain) (from c1200 in British sources) < ancient Greek πρῷρα forepart of a ship, prow, perhaps representing a feminine form (compare -ia suffix¹) corresponding to ancient Greek πρών foreland, headland, if this is < an ablaut variant (zero-grade) of the Indo-European base of ancient Greek προ- pro- prefix². In sense 1 via German Prora (1835 in the passage translated in quot. 1847 at sense 1). Compare earlier prow n.², prore n.

rare.

†1. The prow of a ship; = prore n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun]

foreshipc1000

stam1336

bilynge?a1400

forestam?a1400

boat-head1485

head1485

prore1489

forecastle1490

steven1512

forepart1526

nose1538

prow1555

stem1555

forebow1569

beak-head1579

galion1604

bow1626

fore-beaka1656

forebudding1811

prora1847

snout1853

forward1892

sharp end1948

1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art 372 Naked, planting the right leg on a rock, a prora [Ger. Prora] or a dolphin, leaning thereon and looking abroad, a victor in combat and ruling over the vanquished.

2. Chiefly Zoology. A projection on a cell, part, or organism that is shaped like the prow of a ship. Cf. proral adj. 2a.

ΚΠ

1887 W. J. Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 417/2 at Sponges The back of the ‘C’[-shaped spicule] is the keel or tropis; the points are the prows or proræ.

1985 Jrnl. Paleontol. 59 1068/2 [Describing a trilobite] Prora, or dorsally recurved part of rostral plate, broadly subtriangular.

1999 Bryologist 102 661/2 In prorose taxa a papilla may be located on the tip of the prora, emphasizing the projection.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prora
释义	proran. Brit. /ˈprɔːrə/, U.S. /ˈprɔrə/ Inflections: Plural prorae. Origin: Of multiple origins. A borrowing from Latin. Partly also a borrowing from German. Etymons: Latin prōra; German Prora. Etymology: < classical Latin prōra prow of a ship, ship, in post-classical Latin also anterior part (of the head, skull, or brain) (from c1200 in British sources) < ancient Greek πρῷρα forepart of a ship, prow, perhaps representing a feminine form (compare -ia suffix¹) corresponding to ancient Greek πρών foreland, headland, if this is < an ablaut variant (zero-grade) of the Indo-European base of ancient Greek προ- pro- prefix². In sense 1 via German Prora (1835 in the passage translated in quot. 1847 at sense 1). Compare earlier prow n.², prore n. rare. †1. The prow of a ship; = prore n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] foreshipc1000 stam1336 bilynge?a1400 forestam?a1400 boat-head1485 head1485 prore1489 forecastle1490 steven1512 forepart1526 nose1538 prow1555 stem1555 forebow1569 beak-head1579 galion1604 bow1626 fore-beaka1656 forebudding1811 prora1847 snout1853 forward1892 sharp end1948 1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art 372 Naked, planting the right leg on a rock, a prora [Ger. Prora] or a dolphin, leaning thereon and looking abroad, a victor in combat and ruling over the vanquished. 2. Chiefly Zoology. A projection on a cell, part, or organism that is shaped like the prow of a ship. Cf. proral adj. 2a. ΚΠ 1887 W. J. Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 417/2 at Sponges The back of the ‘C’[-shaped spicule] is the keel or tropis; the points are the prows or proræ. 1985 Jrnl. Paleontol. 59 1068/2 [Describing a trilobite] Prora, or dorsally recurved part of rostral plate, broadly subtriangular. 1999 Bryologist 102 661/2 In prorose taxa a papilla may be located on the tip of the prora, emphasizing the projection. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847
随便看	ter-sacred ter-sanctus ter-terrify ter-trinal teleozoon telepath telepathed telepathetic telepathic telepathically telepathies telepathing telepathise telepathised telepathises telepathising telepathist telepathists telepathize telepathized telepathizes telepathizing telepaths telepathy telepheme