| 单词 | water-cell |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater-cell water-cell n. (a) any of numerous pockets in the wall of the rumen (first stomach cavity) in camels and related animals, (formerly) believed to be involved in the storage of water (now historical); †(b) (J. Tyndall's name for) a collection of water enclosed within glacial ice (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [noun] > bubble of water in water-cell1812 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [noun] > parts of water-cell1812 water bag1828 1812 A. Rees Cycl. (1819) XXII. at Mammalia In the young lama dissected by Cuvier, the paunch had an irregular globular figure... It was larger than all the other three stomachs together; two of the pouches contained square water-cells, similar to those of the camel. 1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 507/1 The beautiful provision of water-cells in the walls of the paunch or first cavity of the stomach [of a camel]. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 251 Water-cells may be transmitted from the origin of the glacier to its end, retaining their contents always liquid. 2006 M. Bright Beasts of Field v. 155 They [sc. dromedaries] do not store water in the so-called ‘water-cells’ in the stomach. < as lemmas |
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