"chest of the body," late 14c., from Latin thorax "the breast, chest; breastplate," from Greek thorax (genitive thorakos) "breastplate, chest," of unknown origin.
权威例句
1. The head, the thorax and the tail comprise the trumsverse segmentation.
头 、 胸和尾具有横向的分节.
2. It has a distinctly globular thorax.
它的胸部明显地呈球形.
3. The insects are tracheate arthropods in which the body is divided into head, thorax and abdomen.
昆虫是有气管的节肢动物,体躯分为头部, 胸部和腹部.
4. There were 41 lesions . The commonest site was thorax and spine.
共检出41个病灶,胸部及脊柱检出率最高.
5. The classification of Lepidoptera needs comparison of head, thorax and abdomen.