plastron.
/plas-truhn/US // ˈplæs trən //UK // (ˈplæstrən) //
胴体,腹板,腹膜,腹腔镜
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n.noun · 名词
- 1.
- ›a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- ›Fencing. a quilted pad worn over part of the torso, for protection.
- ›an ornamental front piece of a woman's bodice.
- ›the starched front of a shirt.
- ›Zoology. the ventral part of the shell of a turtle.
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Examples
I had myself a great silver bowl, with two goblets, and a plastron of Spanish steel.
Frequently a metal breastplate or plastron-de-fer, and a steel cap or chapel-de-fer, were worn under the mail.
A square brown Derby is worn with this suit, brown English driving gloves, and a white plastron or coachman's scarf.
His chest, he thought, must burst under the strapped plastron, and sweat poured in a sheet across his eyes.
The anterior and posterior lobes of the plastron had been folded over the bridge, forming a three-ply thickness of bone.
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