单词 | triceps |
释义 | tricepsadj.n. A. adj. Three-headed (in quot. 1577 loosely, consisting of three heads); spec. of a muscle: Having three heads or points of origin (see B.). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > of characters from classical mythology > of Cerberus triceps1577 Cerberean1628 triceptic1716 trifaucian1716 Cerberic1787 trilinguar1824 1577 J. Grange Garden in Golden Aphroditis sig. Rijv The Triceps head of Cerberus. 1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 99 An agitation of fluid was felt beneath the triceps muscle in the inside of the arm. 1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 96 A rough process or ‘tuberosity’, into which the triceps muscle is inserted. B. n. A triceps muscle; spec. that of the thigh (triceps extensor cruris, t. femoralis) and that of the upper arm (t. extensor cubiti, t. humeralis). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscles of limbs triceps1704 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Triceps, is a Muscle of the Thigh, so called from its three Heads or Beginnings. 1846 F. Brittan tr. J. F. Malgaigne Man. Operative Surg. 211 The brachial [artery]..between the biceps and the internal portion of the triceps. 1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1887) iii. 33 The triceps..furnishes the calf of the upper arm. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > of characters from classical mythology > of Cerberus triceps1577 Cerberean1628 triceptic1716 trifaucian1716 Cerberic1787 trilinguar1824 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. To Rdr. 41 Those..Triceptick or Trifaucian Cerberus's. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1577 |
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