喜樂美語
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    Dorsal means “on the back” — the back of an animal or a fish, and in careful body-science talk, the back side of a human body too. The picture most meet first is a shark’s dorsal fin: the fin that stands up from its back. Doctors and use it as a map word: the dorsal side is the back; the opposite is the belly side (). It is a science and medicine word, not a daily word for the back of a chair, a shirt, or a backpack — there you just say “back.” You will see it in biology class, on animal diagrams, and in medical notes.

    背側的、背部的（生物／解剖用語）

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

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組成From Medieval Latin dorsālis, “of the back,” from Latin dorsum, “the back,” plus the adjective ending -ālis (English -al). So: dorsum + -al.

同家族的字

  • endorseendorse comes from putting a name on the back of a paper (French dos, “back”), the same back-word as Latin dorsum
  • dossierFrench dossier is from dos, “back” — the same back-root as dorsal

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

dorsaladj/ˈdɔː.səl/

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    anatomybiologymedicineWith respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.

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    anatomybiologyhuman-sciencesWith respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.

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    Having only one sharp side.

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    biologybotanynatural-sciencesRelating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.

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    biologybotanynatural-sciencesRelating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.

dorsalnoun/ˈdɔː.səl/

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    artartsA hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.

    • Near-synonyms: altar screen, rood screen (not always different)
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    biologynatural-scienceszoologyAny of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.

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    human-scienceslinguisticssciencesA sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。