| 单词 | syrinx |
| 释义 | syrinx /sir"ingks/, n. , pl. syringes /seuh rin"jeez/, syrinxes. 1. Ornith. the vocal organ of birds, situated at or near the bifurcation of the trachea into the bronchi. 2. (cap.) Class. Myth. a mountain nymph of Arcadia who was transformed, in order to protect her chastity from Pan, into the reed from which Pan then made the panpipe. 3. a panpipe. 4. a narrow corridor in an ancient Egyptian tomb. [1600-10; ( < L) < Gk syrinx pipe, pipelike object] |
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