umbilical cord
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++um·bil·i·cal cord /ʌmˈbɪlɪkəl ˌkɔːd $ -ˌkɔːrd/ noun [countable] 1. MBa long narrow tube of flesh that joins an unborn baby to its mother 脐带2 a strong feeling of belonging to or a strong feeling of relationship with a particular place, person, organization etc 极为密切的关系 All modern popular music has an umbilical cord linking back to blues and R and B. 所有现代流行音乐都和布鲁斯以及节奏布鲁斯有着密不可分的联系。 Teenage boys especially feel a need to cut the umbilical cord tying them to their mothers. 十几岁的男孩特别觉得要摆脱对母亲的依赖。
Examples from the Corpus
umbilical cord• As events would prove, it was a frail umbilical cord from the customer to design and manufacturing.• When my daughter still had her umbilical cord, my husband worried about infection.• Without this retractable umbilical cord, the soul would be utterly lost in the chaos of its dreams.• Don't you wish you were joined by the umbilical cord again and nobody had the power to cut it?• Severing the umbilical cord between landlords and peasants vastly increased the proportion of the population for which the centre was directly responsible.• A girl born with the umbilical cord twisted round her neck may feel that she always gets herself tied up in things.• The maternal bond had been cut with the umbilical cord - at birth.cut the umbilical cord• Boys in particular need to cut the umbilical cord.um·bil·i·cal cord nounChineseSyllable
joins of tube narrow Corpus flesh a that long
umbilical cord
um‧bil‧i‧cal cord /ʌmˈbɪlɪkəl ˌkɔːd $ -ˌkɔːrd/
noun [countable]
1. a long narrow tube of flesh that joins an unborn baby to its mother
2. a strong feeling of belonging to or a strong feeling of relationship with a particular place, person, organization etc:
All modern popular music has an umbilical cord linking back to blues and R and B.
Teenage boys especially feel a need to cut the umbilical cord tying them to their mothers.
um‧bil‧i‧cal cord /ʌmˈbɪlɪkəl ˌkɔːd $ -ˌkɔːrd/
noun [countable]1. a long narrow tube of flesh that joins an unborn baby to its mother
2. a strong feeling of belonging to or a strong feeling of relationship with a particular place, person, organization etc: