英语词汇“plastron”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

plastron

/ˈplastrən

noun

1A large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest.This is to prevent the mesh from becoming valid target in the event that it comes into contact with any part of the metallic plastron during fencing....

Of course, in addition to the dress itself, is worn the regular fencing outfit of plastron, (or body shield,) padded gauntlet gloves, and centaurs, (or elastic belts).

1.1 historical A steel breastplate worn beneath a hauberk.His arms are in plate armour, and his body in a shortened hauberk, kept from pressing on his chest, by means of the plastron, or breast-plate, within.

2An ornamental front of a woman’s bodice or shirt consisting of colourful material with lace or embroidery, fashionable in the late 19th century.They are characterized by vivid colors, often edged in black by densely worked plastrons and in particular by net sleeves with wool embroidery....

The woman's dress, with an embroidered plastron (bodice) worn over a wide-sleeved shirt and embroidered Hennin, is typical of the Jewish women of Constantine.

2.1A man’s starched shirt front without pleats.Like the original, this shirt has an elaborate inset plastron, a half-length button band and a decorative bar tack originally used to keep the chest section buttoned tightly to the trouser waistband.

3 Zoology The underside part of a tortoise’s or turtle’s shell.This pattern, like the pattern of the dermal bones and the pattern of the scutes and bones of the plastron (ventral shell) is remarkably consistent across all turtles, particularly extant forms....

In addition, the carapace and plastron of each turtle were photographed.
No tortoise had sufficient wear to the carapace or plastron to obscure annuli.

3.1A ventral plate similar to a plastron in some invertebrate animals.Also, most specimens are molts, based on thickness of the carapace and posterior displacement of the sternal plastron....

For example, the plastron is a feature involved in important evolutionary changes during the early spatangoid history and underlies a distinct pattern of disparity.
To date, more than 20 specimens of D. australis have been collected at this locality, all within galleries and with dislocated plastrons.

3.2 Entomology (In an aquatic insect) a patch of cuticle covered with hairs which retain a thin layer of air that acts like a gill for breathing under water.Its underside is covered with a dense layer of very fine, silky hairs that trap air contained in the cocoon to form a thin, silvery cushion, called a plastron....

This bubble is then ‘caught’ by the antennae, causing the air it contains to spread through the plastron to reach the spiracles, or breathing holes, on the beetle's abdomen.
Insects living here can usually rely on gills, plastrons, or cuticular respiration to meet their metabolic demand for oxygen.

Derivatives

plastral

adjective ...

The plastral bridge is considerably longer at its base (= axilloinguinal distance) than the posterior plastral lobe, but the anterior lobe is the shortest plastral element.
Turtles in the treatment group exhibited substantial loss in bone density in skulls, vertebrae, carpals, plastral and hypoplastral elements, and limb midshaft cortices.
The plastral index is high in Dexmalochelys, Corsochelys, and Mesodermochdys and in Cenozoic dermochelyids, but these also have very large lateral and medial fontanelles as well as overall reduction of all bones in the plastron.

Origin

Early 16th century: from French, from Italian piastrone, augmentative of piastra 'breastplate', from Latin emplastrum 'a plaster' (see plaster).

单词	plastron
释义	plastron /ˈplastrən / noun 1A large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest.This is to prevent the mesh from becoming valid target in the event that it comes into contact with any part of the metallic plastron during fencing.... Of course, in addition to the dress itself, is worn the regular fencing outfit of plastron, (or body shield,) padded gauntlet gloves, and centaurs, (or elastic belts). 1.1 historical A steel breastplate worn beneath a hauberk.His arms are in plate armour, and his body in a shortened hauberk, kept from pressing on his chest, by means of the plastron, or breast-plate, within. 2An ornamental front of a woman’s bodice or shirt consisting of colourful material with lace or embroidery, fashionable in the late 19th century.They are characterized by vivid colors, often edged in black by densely worked plastrons and in particular by net sleeves with wool embroidery.... The woman's dress, with an embroidered plastron (bodice) worn over a wide-sleeved shirt and embroidered Hennin, is typical of the Jewish women of Constantine. 2.1A man’s starched shirt front without pleats.Like the original, this shirt has an elaborate inset plastron, a half-length button band and a decorative bar tack originally used to keep the chest section buttoned tightly to the trouser waistband. 3 Zoology The underside part of a tortoise’s or turtle’s shell.This pattern, like the pattern of the dermal bones and the pattern of the scutes and bones of the plastron (ventral shell) is remarkably consistent across all turtles, particularly extant forms.... In addition, the carapace and plastron of each turtle were photographed. No tortoise had sufficient wear to the carapace or plastron to obscure annuli. 3.1A ventral plate similar to a plastron in some invertebrate animals.Also, most specimens are molts, based on thickness of the carapace and posterior displacement of the sternal plastron.... For example, the plastron is a feature involved in important evolutionary changes during the early spatangoid history and underlies a distinct pattern of disparity. To date, more than 20 specimens of D. australis have been collected at this locality, all within galleries and with dislocated plastrons. 3.2 Entomology (In an aquatic insect) a patch of cuticle covered with hairs which retain a thin layer of air that acts like a gill for breathing under water.Its underside is covered with a dense layer of very fine, silky hairs that trap air contained in the cocoon to form a thin, silvery cushion, called a plastron.... This bubble is then ‘caught’ by the antennae, causing the air it contains to spread through the plastron to reach the spiracles, or breathing holes, on the beetle's abdomen. Insects living here can usually rely on gills, plastrons, or cuticular respiration to meet their metabolic demand for oxygen. Derivatives plastral adjective ... The plastral bridge is considerably longer at its base (= axilloinguinal distance) than the posterior plastral lobe, but the anterior lobe is the shortest plastral element. Turtles in the treatment group exhibited substantial loss in bone density in skulls, vertebrae, carpals, plastral and hypoplastral elements, and limb midshaft cortices. The plastral index is high in Dexmalochelys, Corsochelys, and Mesodermochdys and in Cenozoic dermochelyids, but these also have very large lateral and medial fontanelles as well as overall reduction of all bones in the plastron. Origin Early 16th century: from French, from Italian piastrone, augmentative of piastra 'breastplate', from Latin emplastrum 'a plaster' (see plaster).
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