单词 | coccyx |
释义 | coccyx From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Humancoccyxcoc‧cyx /ˈkɒksɪks $ ˈkɑːk-/ noun (plural coccyxes or coccyges /kɒkˈsaɪdʒiːz $ ˈkɑːksə-/) [countable] technicalHBHthe small bone at the bottom of your spine SYN tailboneExamples from the Corpuscoccyx• Too much to expect a new pair of arms to grow out of her ribs, or her coccyx to elongate so enormously.• Pain like this after a fall on the coccyx.Origin coccyx (1500-1600) Modern Latin Greek kokkyx “cuckoo”; because it looks like a cuckoo's beak |
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