| 释义 |
plastron/ˈplæstrən/n. 1a a fencer's leather-covered breastplate (击剑者用的)皮护胸 b a lancer's breast-covering of facings material 胸铠 2a an ornamental front on a woman's bodice (女服的)胸饰 b a man's starched shirt-front (男衬衣的)硬衬胸 3a the ventral part of the shell of a tortoise or turtle (乌龟、甲虫的)腹甲 b the corresponding part in other animals (其他动物的)盾板(或胸板等) 4 hist. a steel breastplate [史义]钢制胸甲 □ plastral adj.[French from Italian piastrone, augmentative of piastra ‘breastplate’, from Latin emplastrum PLASTER] |