thorax

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tho·rax /ˈθɔːræks/ noun (plural thoraxes or thoraces /-rəsiːz/) [countable]  1. technicalHBHHBA the part of your body between your neck and diaphragm (=area just above your stomach) 〔人的〕胸（部），胸廓2. HBIthe part of an insect’s body between its head and its abdomen 〔昆虫的〕胸（节） →4  See picture of 见图 INSECT —thoracic /θɔːˈræsɪk/ adjective →5 see picture at 见图 insect

Examples from the Corpus

thorax• They were beautiful creatures with red legs, black head and thorax, and black white-ringed antennae.• The other bones were more or less in a confused mass below the thorax.• The Ventral Nerve-Cord consists of a series of ganglia lying on the floor of the thorax and abdomen.• In female flowers, the flies are wedged in tightly, the thorax pollen being rubbed off on to the stigma.• The indirect muscles are usually the largest in the body, and are attached to the thorax and not to the wing-bases.• They come down on to the ground and immediately their wings break off close to the thorax.• The left arm bones were under the thorax.Origin thorax (1300-1400) Latin Greek

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thorax
tho‧rax /ˈθɔːræks/ noun (plural thoraxes or thoraces /-rəsiːz/) [countable]1. technical the part of your body between your neck and diaphragm (=area just above your stomach)
2. the part of an insect’s body between its head and its abdomen
—thoracic /θɔːˈræsɪk/ adjective

thoraxBrE /ˈθɔːræks/ 🔊NAmE /ˈθɔːræks/ 🔊 noun (

plural

thor·axes or

thor·aces BrE /ˈθɔːrəsiːz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈθɔːrəsiːz/ 🔊 ) (anatomy 解剖学) the part of the body that is surrounded by the ribs, between the neck and the waist 胸；胸腔

the middle section of an insect's body, to which the legs and wings are attached （昆虫的）胸，胸部▸ thor·acic BrE /θɔːˈræsɪk/ 🔊NAmE /θɔːˈræsɪk/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun]