- Anatomy & Zoology of or relating to the shoulder or shoulder blade【剖, 动】肩的; 肩胛(骨)的。
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- a short monastic cloak covering the shoulders(修道士披的)无袖圣服, 肩衣。
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- a symbol of affiliation to an ecclesiastical order, consisting of two strips of cloth hanging down the breast and back and joined across the shoulders(在肩上相连, 垂于胸前和背后, 象征虔诚的)肩布。
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- Medicine a bandage passing over and around the shoulders【医】肩胛绷带。
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- Ornithology a scapular feather【鸟】肩羽。
词源
late 15th cent. (in sense 1 of the noun): from late Latin scapulare, from scapula 'shoulder'. The adjective (late 17th cent.) and the later senses of the noun are from SCAPULA + -AR1 .