单词 | the small of the arm |
释义 | > as lemmasthe small of the arm d. the small of the arm: the narrow part of the forearm, above the wrist. ΚΠ a1544 R. Barlow tr. M. Fernández de Enciso Brief Summe Geogr. (1932) 154 A certein rote called mandioc..encreseth under grounde as the rotes of ferne, but thei be as bigge as the small of a mannes arme. 1565 J. Hall Anat. 3rd Treat. ii. iii. 64 in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. From this shoulder veine, commeth forth a great conspicuous braunche, beneathe the boughte of the arme in the insyde, and from thence passeth slopewise ouer ye small of the arme. 1633 tr. Math. Recreations 115 The length of the face is equall to the length of the hand, taken from the small of the arme, unto the extremity of the longest finger. 1651 J. Evans Universall Med. sig. G3v The swelling brake in the small of the arm. 1800 W. Turton tr. C. Linnaeus Gen. Syst. Nature I. 673 4 feet long, and about as thick as the small of the arm. 1884 R. Browning Ferishtah's Fancies vii. 63 The jaws Met i' the small o' the arm. 1901 tr. A. Dumas Chicot the Jester xcii. 762 The count's sword..ran through the small of his arm up to the shoulder. 1946 M. Peake Titus Groan 385 He gazed abstractedly over the small of his outstretched arm. 1993 I. Hamilton tr. J. F. Lyotard Libidinal Econ. i. 21 The force which was lodged in the eyes escapes them and runs towards the small of the arm. < as lemmas |
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