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单词 sacra
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sac•rum  (sakrəm, sākrəm),USA pronunciation n., pl. sac•ra (sakrə, sākrə).USA pronunciation [Anat.]
  1. Anatomya bone resulting from the fusion of two or more vertebrae between the lumbar and the coccygeal regions, in humans being composed usually of five fused vertebrae and forming the posterior wall of the pelvis. See diag. under pelvis. 
  • Late Latin (os) sacrum holy (bone), translation of Greek hieròn ostéon
  • 1745–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sacrum /ˈseɪkrəm; ˈsækrəm/ n ( pl -cra / -krə/)
  1. (in man) the large wedge-shaped bone, consisting of five fused vertebrae, in the lower part of the back
Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin os sacrum holy bone, because it was used in sacrifices, from sacer holy
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