omphalos 的定义
- 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.
omphalos 近义词
等同于 bull's-eye
omphalos 的近义词 8 个
等同于 center
等同于 midpoint
更多omphalos例句
- 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.