tympanum
英 ['t?mp?n?m]
美['t?mp?n?m]
- n. [無(wú)脊椎] 鼓室；[解剖][無(wú)脊椎] 鼓膜，耳膜；振動(dòng)膜
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?tympanums;? tympana;
中文詞源
tympanum 鼓膜，耳膜來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) tympanum,鼓，來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ) typtein,敲擊，敲打，詞源同 type.引申詞義鼓膜，耳 膜等。
英文詞源
- tympanum (n.)
- "drum of the ear," 1610s, from Medieval Latin tympanum, introduced in this sense by Italian anatomist Gabriello Fallopio (1523-1562), from Latin tympanum "a drum, timbrel, tambourine," from Greek tympanon "a kettledrum," from root of typtein "to beat, strike" (see type (n.)). Compare Old English timpan "drum, timbrel, tambourine," from Latin tympanum. The modern meaning "a drum" is attested in English from 1670s.