biceps

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbaɪ.sɛps/    美 /ˈbaɪ.sɛps/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any muscle having two heads.
    — The leg is bent by the action of the flexor muscles situated on the back of the thigh, the chief of these being called the biceps of the leg.
  2. Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow.
    — The arm muscles are the show muscles of the physique. When someone asks to "see your muscles," they are most likely referring to your arms, and more specifically, your biceps.
  3. The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm. informal
    — Today, Stonewall's flexed biceps measure 18 inches around.
  4. A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia).
    — Also it is advisable to distinguish this ( ˘ ˘ ) — ˘ ˘ — rhythm, where the princeps was probably shorter in duration than the biceps (as in the dactylic hexameter), from true (marching) anapaests, in which they were equal.

词形变化

biceps plural bicepses plural bicipites plural

词汇关系

衍生词
back double biceps bicep bicep curl biceps femoris double biceps front double biceps gluteobiceps rear double biceps
相关词
biceps brachii biceps cubiti biceps femoris bicipital quadriceps triceps

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwís
Proto-Italic *dwis
Old Latin duis
Latin bis
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *káput
Proto-Italic *kaput
Proto-Indo-European *ís
Proto-Italic *is
Proto-Italic *-kaput-isder.
Old Latin -cipesder.
Latin -ceps
Latin bicepsder.
English biceps
Derived from Latin biceps (“double-headed, two-peaked”), from bis (“twice”) + -ceps (“headed”).
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