| 单词 | to bury one's navel-string | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bury one's navel-string   The umbilical cord. In later use frequently in  to bury one's navel-string and variants (originally and chiefly Caribbean): to feel a strong bond of loyalty or attachment (to a particular place or institution). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > membranes, etc., of embryo or fetus > 			[noun]		 > umbilical cord navel-string1587 navel vein1634 umbilicality1658 funiculus1667 funis1727 umbilical cord1753 umbilical1774 1587    Sir P. Sidney  & A. Golding tr.  P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xiv. 256  				As if they should say,..he cannot liue when he is come out of her womb, if his nauillstrings be cut off. 1634    T. Johnson tr.  A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. 604  				The navel-string must bee tied with a double thred. 1682    N. Grew Anat. Plants  i. vii. 48  				Two slender Fibres, like two Navel-strings. 1701    Philos. Trans. 1700–1 		(Royal Soc.)	 22 835  				Galen describes the Navel-String to consist of four Vessels. 1754–64    W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery I. 232  				Tie the navel-string about two fingers breadth from the belly of the child. 1795    Philos. Trans. 		(Royal Soc.)	 85 222  				The fœtus owes its increase and support to a connection with that viscus, by means of the placenta and navel string. 1822    J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 214  				The navel-string hangs down below the head. 1846    J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. 		(ed. 4)	 II. 269  				Inflammation of the navel-string, occurring a few days after a lamb is dropped. 1892    Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 21 484  				Should everything have gone off satisfactorily, the woman has to remain about eight days in the house till the navel string is dried up. 1934    Z. N. Hurston Jonah's Gourd Vine x. 151  				She..attended to the navel string of the baby and adjusted the belly-band. 1949    V. S. Reid New Day  i. xxxi. 153  				But where must I go, Doctor Creary? Is no' this Salt Savannah my freehold? Was I no' born here? Is no' my navel-string buried on this land? 1968    K. S. LaFortune Legend T-Marie 43  				Doh tell me how to cast me vote. That is one thing I wouldn't stand for. After all, ah have me navel string in this country. 1982    Express 20 Dec. 2/5  				The JLP..had its navel-string buried in the trade union movement and was conceived as a party of the masses. < as lemmas | 
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