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plexus

/plek-suhs/US // ˈplɛk səs //UK // (ˈplɛksəs) //

脑丛,神经丛,脑神经丛,脑丛部

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural plex·us·es, plex·us.

    • : a network, as of nerves or blood vessels.
    • : any complex structure containing an intricate network of parts: the plexus of international relations.

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Examples

  • The need for affordable health care “goes right to the solar plexus of the middle class,” he said.

  • Fleming himself wrote that “the target of my books [lies] somewhere between the solar plexus and the upper thigh”.

  • Overcoming Fear The third chakra, at the solar plexus, manipura, is about overcoming fear and attaining a sense of belonging.

  • Wayne spun him over and delivered a hard punch to the solar plexus.

  • It has its seat in the back parts of the brain, in the spinal cord and the greater nervous ganglia, such as the solar plexus.

  • In the afternoon we ran into a plexus of crevasses, and the surface was traversed by high ridges.

  • On this side it might perhaps injure the nervous plexus, which is even more essential than the dorsal vessel.

  • He was conscious of a vague buzzing between his ears and there was a pleasant mellow glow in the region of his solar plexus.