talus

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The bone of the ankle.
  2. A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.
    — By the time he reached the first talus slides under the tall escarpments of the Pilares the dawn was not far to come.
  3. The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.

词形变化

tali plural tallus alternative taluses plural tallus alternative

词汇关系

并列词
colluvium scree

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-
Proto-Indo-European *téh₂g-s-los?
Proto-Italic *tākslos
Latin tālusbor.
English talus
Borrowed from Latin tālus.
词源 2
Etymology tree
French talusbor.
English talus
Borrowed from French talus.
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