femurs

IPA/ˈfiː.mər/
IPA/ˈfiː.mɚ/

femurs — 名詞

  • femurssingular
  • femursesplural

1. The large, thick bone that forms the framework of the upper leg, running from th

1.名詞B2
釋義

股骨

大腿骨，從髖部到膝蓋

The large, thick bone that forms the framework of the upper leg, running from the hip joint down to the knee and supporting the body's weight when a person stands or walks.

例句

The doctor showed Cyrus the X-ray and noted that both femurs looked healthy.

醫生向 Cyrus 展示X光片，指出兩根股骨看起來都很健康。

plural form: both femurs

After falling from her horse, Yumi spent six weeks recovering from a broken femur.

Yumi 從馬上摔下來之後，花了大約六週的時間從股骨骨折中恢復。

countable noun: a broken femur

同義詞
  • thigh bone

    plain everyday term; less precise than 'femur' but used in non-medical conversation

文法句型

the femur

a femur

both femurs

用法筆記

In everyday medical English the plural is usually "femurs"; the Latin plural "femora" is rare and mostly limited to academic anatomy writing.

常見錯誤

❌She broke her thigh.
✅She broke her femur.
💡'thigh' is the whole upper leg, not the bone inside it.
❌The femur are the longest bone in the body.
✅The femur is the longest bone in the body.
💡'femur' is a singular countable noun and takes a singular verb.