“halteres”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

halteres

释义

‖ halteres, n. pl.|hælˈtɪəriːz|
Also alteres.
[Gr. ἁλτῆρες (in sense 1), f. ἅλλεσθαι to leap.]
1. Weights, similar to dumb-bells, held in the hands to give an impetus in leaping.
1533Elyot Cast. Helthe xxxiii. (1541) 47 The plummets, called of Galen Alteres, whiche are nowe moch vsed with gret men..are verrye good to be vsed fastynge, a lytel before breakefast or dyner.1857Birch Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 414 The halteres or leaping dumb-bells, are seen hung up.1896Daily News 6 Apr. 5/7 An ordinary long jump..made with the help of halteres or leaping dumb-bells.
2. Entom. The pair of knobbed filaments, also called balancers and poisers, which in dipterous insects take the place of a pair of posterior wings.
1823in Crabb Technol. Dict.1834McMurtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 449 The halteres are entirely exposed.1874Lubbock Orig. & Met. Ins. i. 23 The hinder pair being represented by minute club-shaped organs called ‘halteres’.

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