| 释义 | 
		umbilical cord noun 1.   a.  : a cord arising from the navel that connects the fetus with the placenta and contains the two umbilical arteries and the umbilical vein  b.  : yolk stalk 2.  : a cable conveying power to a rocket or spacecraft before takeoff; also  : a tethering or supply line (as for an astronaut outside a spacecraft or an aquanaut underwater) |