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navel 音标拼音: [n'evəl] n. 脐,肚脐,中央,中心 脐,肚脐,中央,中心 navel n 1: a scar where the umbilical cord was attached; " you were not supposed to show your navel on television"; " they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"; " she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton" [ synonym: { navel}, { umbilicus}, { bellybutton}, { belly button}, { omphalos}, { omphalus}] 2: the center point or middle of something; " the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe" [ synonym: { navel}, { navel point}] Navel \ Na" vel\ ( n[= a]" v' l), n. [ AS. nafela, fr. nafu nave; akin to D. navel, G. nabel, OHG. nabolo, Icel. nafli, Dan. navle, Sw. nafle, L. umbilicus, Gr. ' omfalo` s, Skr. n[= a] bh[ imac] la. [ root] 260. See { Nave} hub, and cf. { Omphalic}, { Nombril}, { Umbilical}.] 1. ( Anat.) A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus; called also { belly button} in humans. See { Umbilicus}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The central part or point of anything; the middle. [ 1913 Webster] Within the navel of this hideous wood, Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Gun.) An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage. [ 1913 Webster] { Navel gall}, a bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle. -- Johnson. { Navel point}. ( Her.) Same as { Nombril}. [ 1913 Webster] 24 Moby Thesaurus words for " navel": axis, center, center of action, center of gravity, centroid, centrum, core, dead center, epicenter, heart, hub, kernel, marrow, medulla, metacenter, middle, nave, nub, nucleus, omphalos, pith, pivot, storm center, umbilicus |
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