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omphalos

/om-fuh-luhs/US // ˈɒm fə ləs //UK // (ˈɒmfəˌlɒs) //

姆帕罗斯,姆巴罗,姆巴罗斯,姆帕罗斯

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the navel; umbilicus.
    • : the central point.
    • : Greek Antiquity. a stone in the temple of Apollo at Delphi, thought to mark the center of the earth.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incenter
as inmidpoint

Examples

  • It is the omphalos, this city that straddles two steamboat rivers at the continental crossroads.

  • On the right, the god is seated on the omphalos, holding up his right hand.

  • Delphi also contained the “Omphalos,” a sacred stone bound with fillets, supposed to mark the centre of the earth.

  • From which omphalos or hub of the universe he will direct his shining team even to the far Hesperides of Richmond or of Windsor.

  • Among the former is the famous Omphalos or Navel-stone, on which Apollo is often represented as sitting.

  • Omphalos, om′fal-us, n. the navel: a raised central point: a boss.