| 单词 |
anthropometer |
| 释义 |
anthropometer|-ˈɒmɪtə(r)|
[See -meter.]
a. One who studies or practises anthropometry. rare.
b. An anthropometrical instrument.
1883Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1881 499 Man is an animal..exhibiting in his adult form those characteristics which engage the attention of the anatomist, the physiologist, and the anthropometer. 1898A. C. Haddon Study of Man xvi. 446 The rod of the Anthropometer should be held vertically in front of the face of the subject. 1951Notes & Queries on Anthropol. (ed. 6) i. 12 In the field the anthropometer may be used, taking care to keep the instrument vertical.
So anthroˈpometrist = sense a above.
1883Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Oct. 2 Surely the anthropometrists will do harm if they encourage the craze for tallness. 1904G. S. Hall Adolescence I. 19 Anthropometrists think growth in height..antagonistic to growth in girth. 1956Antiquity XXX. 123 Not all of the anthropometrists..could remember exactly how they had executed each of the measurements. |
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