patella
patella — 名詞
- patellasingular
- patellaeplural
1. the small flat bone that sits in front of your knee joint, covering and guarding
膝蓋骨
膝蓋前方保護關節的扁平骨頭
the small flat bone that sits in front of your knee joint, covering and guarding it. In everyday English, this bone is called the kneecap.
Yuki felt a sharp pain just below her patella after the fall.
Yuki 摔倒後，膝蓋骨下方感到一陣劇烈疼痛。
Dr. Okafor showed the patient the cracked patella on the X-ray.
Okafor 醫生向病人展示 X 光片上裂開的膝蓋骨。
medical context: describing a patella on an X-ray
Kwame dislocated his patella during a football match and needed surgery.
Kwame 在足球比賽中膝蓋骨脫臼，需要開刀。
Rafael took a hard knock to his patella when he tripped over the toolbox in the garage.
Rafael 在車庫裡被工具箱絆倒，膝蓋骨重重撞了一下。
Saanvi iced her swollen patella after banging it against the coffee table.
Saanvi 的膝蓋骨撞到茶几後腫了起來，她用冰敷。
- kneecap
the everyday, non-medical word for the same bone; used in ordinary conversation