Definition

1 : relating to or situated near or on the back especially of an animal or of one of its parts

关于，或靠近或位于其附近或背面的，尤其是动物或其一部分之一

2 : situated out of or directed away from the axis : abaxial

位于轴的外侧或远离轴部的：离轴的

Examples

I might have identified the bird as a yellow-throated vireo if I'd had more than a dorsal view.

如果我掌握了更多的背部细节，我觉得这只鸟可能是黄色喉咙。

"In later films, the bony dorsal plates that run along [Godzilla's] spine and tail glow ominously as he unleashes a concentrated blast of atomic breath from his jaws, blasting everything it touches." — Michael Abatemarco, The Santa Fe New Mexican, 4 Sept. 2020

在后来的电影中，沿着[哥斯拉]脊柱延长到尾骨都发出不祥的光，因为他从颚部释放出集中的原子能量，炸毁了接触到的一切。

Did You Know?

The most famous use of dorsal is with fin, whether it conjures the ominous dorsal fin of sharks or the benign, even benevolent, image of porpoises and dolphins. Less well-known is the botanical sense of dorsal, meaning "facing away from the axis or stem" (thus the underside of a leaf can be the dorsal side), or the linguistic sense referring to articulations made with the back part of the tongue (\k\ and \g\, for example). Dorsal can be used of non-living things too (in particular, the backs of airplanes), as can its opposite, ventral, which means "relating to the belly." Dorsal descends from Latin dorsum ("back"), which also gave us dossier (via French, for a bundle of documents labeled on the back) and reredos ("an ornamental screen or partition wall behind an altar").

dorsal最常见的用法是fin「鳍」，无论它是鲨鱼充满不祥气息的背鳍还是和海豚的和蔼甚至仁慈象征的背鳍。不为人知的是植物的dorsal含义，意思是“facing away from the axis or stem”（因此，叶子的背面可以是dorsal side），或语言学指的是舌后部的发音（例如，\ k \和\ g \）。 Dorsal也可以用于非生命物体（尤其是飞机的后背），与其相反，ventral, 这意味着“与腹部有关「relating to the belly」”。 Dorsal起源于拉丁doesum（“背面「back」”），它也给我们提供了 dossier（通过法语，在背面标有一捆文件）和 reredos（“祭坛后面装饰的屏风或隔断墙”）。

Test Your Vocabulary

What 6-letter adjective joined with fin refers to a fish's tail fin? (Hint: it begins with "ca.")

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