| 单词 | shoulder girdle | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasshoulder girdle  b.  Anatomy. Applied to various parts in the structure of animal bodies; in modern use chiefly of the bony supports for the upper and lower limbs, which in Vertebrata are respectively called the  shoulder girdle (also  pectoral girdle) and  pelvic girdle (also  hip girdle). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bony support for limbs > 			[noun]		 girdle1601 limb-girdle1870 1601    in  Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. 		(1790)	 296  				The cheife clerke of the kitchen hath for his fee all the girdles of fresh sturgeon spent within the house. 1634    T. Johnson tr.  A. Paré Chirurg. Wks.  iii. i. 86  				Vnder the region of the navell, lies the girdle or upper part of the kall. 1712    Philos. Trans. 1710–12 		(Royal Soc.)	 27 352  				The last is very like our English Hedge Snail, but without Girdles, and has a small Navel. 1831    R. Knox tr.  H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 		(ed. 2)	 109  				As a powerful bony girdle, it [the pelvis] affords articulation to the abdominal extremities. 1861    R. T. Hulme tr.  C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool.  ii. iii. iv. 138  				When a leech is impregnated, an enlargement takes place around the sexual apertures, which has received the name of the girdle or clitellum. 1883    H. N. Martin  & W. A. Moale Handbk. Vertebr. Dissect.  ii. 119  				The Shoulder Girdle is made up of a coracoid, clavicle, and scapula on each side. 1883    H. N. Martin  & W. A. Moale Handbk. Vertebr. Dissect.  ii. 122  				The Pelvic Girdle is composed of the ilium, ischium, and os pubis on each side. 1891    Science 		(N.Y.)	 21 Aug. 107/2  				The fins, girdles, gill arches, scales, and membrane bones are all imperfectly developed or wanting [in eels]. < as lemmas | 
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