omphalos
英 ['ɒmfəlɒs]
美['ɑmfə,lɑs]
- n. 浮饰；圆锥形神石；肚脐
词态变化
复数: omphali;
中文词源
omphalos 肚脐，中心，圣石
来自希腊语omphalos,肚脐，来自PIE*ombh,来自PIE*nobh,肚脐，词源同navel.引申词义中心及古希腊德尔斐神庙的神圣的石头，因古代视肚脐为人体的中心，而德尔斐神庙的圣石为宇宙的中心。拼写比较nail.
英文词源
- omphalos
- also omphalus, "sacred stone," 1850, from Greek omphalos, literally "navel," later also "hub" (as the central point), from PIE *ombh-alo-, from root *nobh-/*ombh- "navel" (see navel). The name of the rounded stone in the shrine at Delphi, regarded by the ancients as the center of the world. Related: Omphalic.
双语例句
- 1. Gaze in your omphalos.
- 那就仔细看自己的肚脐吧.
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