patella

IPA/pəˈtelə/
KK[pətˈɛlə]IPA/pəˈtelə/

patella — 名詞

  • patellasingular
  • patellaeplural

1. the small flat bone that sits in front of your knee joint, covering and guarding

1.名詞C1
釋義

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.

例句

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

常見搭配
  • fractured patella
  • dislocated patella
  • patella fracture
  • patella dislocation
同義詞
  • kneecap

    the everyday, non-medical word for the same bone; used in ordinary conversation

常見錯誤

I injured my patella ligament.
I injured my patellar tendon.
the adjective form is 'patellar' (with an r at the end), not 'patella'.

同根字

  • patellar
    形容詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • patella fracture
  • patella dislocation
  • patella injury

常用片語

  • cracked patella
  • dislocated patella
  • swollen patella
  • patellar tendon

介系詞搭配

  • to the patella
  • around the patella
  • above the patella
  • below the patella