单词 | rocker-bottom |
释义 | > as lemmasrocker-bottom rocker-bottom n. (a) a convexly curved underside, as of some types of rail truck, boat, etc.; cf. sense 9b; (b) Medicine. attributive designating a foot characterized by convexity of the sole or weight-bearing surface, and the deformity of having such a foot. ΚΠ 1833 Mechanics' Mag. 26 Jan. 276/1 Let him cause his smiths to fit plates of it beneath his framing, and against the rocker-bottom which drops below the framing. 1931 Bull. (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Mines) 48 One and one-half ton rocker-bottom dump cars are used in trains of four. 1950 Jrnl. Bone & Joint Surg. 32A 344 Sonnenburg saw 688 cases of congenital club-foot..and 15 cases of congenital convex pes valgus or ‘rocker-bottom’ foot. 1977 N. E. Shaw in Bone & Joint Dis. (Brit. Med. Assoc.) 114 (caption) Rocker-bottom deformity has developed. 1999 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 13 Aug. 22 A canoe with a curving rocker bottom could turn with quick response in white water. 2001 M. S. Downey in A. S. Banks et al. McGlamry's Comprehensive Textbk. Foot & Ankle Surg. (ed. 3) I. xxiv. 733/2 The resultant chronic stress..may lead to the development of a rocker-bottom foot. < as lemmas |
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