antler
发音
How to pronounce antler in British English:
英 [ˈæntlə(r)]
How to pronounce antler in American English:
美 [ˈæntlɚ]
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- Noun:
- deciduous horn of a member of the deer family
单词词源
- antler
- antler: [14] English acquired antler via Anglo- Norman auntelere from Old French antoillier (modern French has andouiller). Its previous history is not altogether clear; it has been speculated that it comes originally from Latin *anteoculāris, which would have meant literally ‘positioned before (ante) the eye (oculus)’, but this derivation is rather dubious.
- antler (n.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French auntiler, Old French antoillier (14c., Modern French andouiller) "antler," perhaps from Gallo-Roman cornu *antoculare "horn in front of the eyes," from Latin ante "before" (see ante) + ocularis "of the eyes" (see ocular). This etymology is doubted by some because no similar word exists in any other Romance language, but compare German Augensprossen "antlers," literally "eye-sprouts," for a similar formation.
双语例句
- 1. The structure of the carved antler indicates its growth stage was spring or summer .
- 2. At first the scientists believed the geometrical figure carved onto the antler could have been either the mentioned woman , or a nude man raising his arms .
- 3. The design of the feet uses custom-made implants to ' peg ' the ankle to the foot and mimics the way in which deer antler bone grows through skin .
- 4. The researchers aren 't yet certain if the images on the carved antler are associated with venus figurines , statuettes of women with exaggerated sexual features that date to as early as 35000 years ago .
- 5. In the second frame he sits alongside clutching an antler , possibly to position the head after ' sticking ' the animal slitting its throat to drain the blood and preserve the quality of the meat .