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Adam's apple
喉結
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Ad·am's ap·ple
/ˌædəmˈzæpəl/
名詞
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ad·am
n.
1.
The
name
given
in
the
Bible
to
the
first
man
,
the
progenitor
of
the
human
race
.
2.
As
a
symbol
“Original sin;”
human
frailty
.
And
whipped
the
offending
Adam
out
of
him
.
--
Shak
.
Adam's ale
,
water
. [
Coll
.]
Adam's apple
.
1.
Bot.
(a)
A
species
of
banana
(
Musa paradisiaca
).
It
attains
a
height
of
twenty
feet
or
more
. --
Paxton
.
(b)
A
species
of
lime
(
Citris limetta
).
2.
The
projection
formed
by
the
thyroid
cartilage
in
the
neck
.
It
is
particularly
prominent
in
males
,
and
is
so
called
from
a
notion
that
it
was
caused
by
the
forbidden
fruit
(
an
apple
)
sticking
in
the
throat
of
our
first
parent
.
Adam's flannel
Bot.
,
the
mullein
(
Verbascum thapsus
).
Adam's needle
Bot.
,
the
popular
name
of
a
genus
(
Yucca
)
of
liliaceous
plants
.
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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ad·am's ap·ple
See
under
Adam
.
◄
►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
Adam's
apple
n
1:
tropical
shrub
having
glossy
foliage
and
fragrant
nocturnal
flowers
with
crimped
or
wavy
corollas
;
northern
India
to
Thailand
[
syn
:
crape jasmine
,
crepe jasmine
, {
crepe
gardenia
,
pinwheel flower
,
East Indian rosebay
, {
Nero's
crown
,
coffee rose
,
Tabernaemontana divaricate
]
2:
the
largest
cartilage
of
the
larynx
[
syn
:
thyroid cartilage
]
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