thorax

英 [ˈθɔːræks]

美 [ˈθɔːræks]

n.  胸; 胸腔; (昆虫的)胸，胸部

医学

BNC.27648 / COCA.26733

牛津词典

noun

• 胸；胸腔
  the part of the body that is surrounded by the ribs , between the neck and the waist
• （昆虫的）胸，胸部
  the middle section of an insect's body, to which the legs and wings are attached

柯林斯词典

• 胸部;胸腔;胸廓
  Yourthoraxis the part of your body between your neck and your waist.
• (昆虫的)胸部，胸节
  An insect'sthoraxis the central part of its body to which the legs and wings are attached.

英英释义

noun

• part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs
• the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
  Synonym:chestpectus
• the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen

双语例句

• From ground-based telescopes, the "ant nebula" resembles the head and thorax of a garden ant.
  透过地面望远镜，蚂蚁星云看上去像一只花园蚂蚁的头与胸。
• Human thorax; Side impact model; Biomechanical characteristics; Values of model parameters;
  人体胸部；侧向碰撞模型；生物力学特性；模型参数值；
• However, ants have a narrow "waist" between the abdomen and thorax, which termites do not.
  然而，蚂蚁有一个狭窄的“腰围”的腹部和胸部，而白蚁不是。
• It has a distinctly globular thorax. She is noticeably thinner after her illness.
  它的胸部明显地呈球形。她生病后明显地瘦了。
• Fig.8 Reconstruction of photo tiger based on No.29 with parts of limbs from No.12 and No24 ( red arrows) and a part of thorax from No.12.
  图8照片虎的重建，基于29号和来自12号和24号的部分肢体（红色箭头）和来自12号的部分胸部。
• Results The observed indexes which represented the changes of heart, blood vessels, thorax and lung volume were changing in different degrees with age growth.
  结果代表心脏、大血管、胸廓及肺体积改变的各项观测指标，随年龄增长而发生不同程度的变化。
• Results Substantial depots of brown adipose tissue were identified by PET – CT in a region extending from the anterior neck to the thorax.
  结果由PET-CT发现棕色脂肪组织在由前颈部到胸部的区域“储备”多。
• Thorax multimodal medical image registration based on adaptive free-form deformation and gradient descent
  基于自适应自由变形法和梯度下降法的胸部多模医学图像配准
• ( zoology) having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects.
  （动物学）分离的头、胸、腹部由紧缩分开的，如某些昆虫。
• Waist circumference can significantly predict asthma, even for people who aren't technically overweight, according to a study in Thorax.
  根据《胸腔》（Thorax）杂志上的一项研究，腰围可以有效预测哮喘，甚至是对那些理论上并不超重的人。