释义
n.
chiefly Biology a keel-shaped structure, in particular
【主生】 龙骨状突起,尤指:
Zoology the ridge of a bird's breastbone, to which the main flight muscles are attached
【动】 (鸟的)胸骨突起,(胸骨)龙骨突起。
Anatomy a cartilage situated at the point where the trachea (windpipe) divides into the two bronchi
【剖】 隆凸,嵴状结构。
Astronomy a southern constellation (the Keel) partly in the Milky Way, originally part of Argo. It contains the second-brightest star in the sky, Canopus.
【天文】 船底星座。
[as genitive Carinae /-niː/ ]used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in this constellation
[与 其前面的字母或数字连用以标记该星座中的星] 船底星座的
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the star Beta Carinae.
船底座β星。
词源
" early 18th cent.: from Latin, ‘keel’. Latin."