omphalos
英['?mf?l?s]
美['ɑmf?,lɑs]
- n. 浮飾；圓錐形神石；肚臍
詞態變化
復數:?omphali;
中文詞源
omphalos 肚臍，中心，圣石
來自希臘語omphalos,肚臍，來自PIE*ombh,來自PIE*nobh,肚臍，詞源同navel.引申詞義中心及古希臘德爾斐神廟的神圣的石頭，因古代視肚臍為人體的中心，而德爾斐神廟的圣石為宇宙的中心。拼寫比較nail.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Gaze in your omphalos.
- 那就仔細看自己的肚臍吧.
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