hypso- 或 hyps-
pref.(前缀)
语源
pref.(前缀)
- Height:
高度:高度:
hypsometer.
测高术
语源
- From Greek hupsos [height, top] * see upo
源自 希腊语 hupsos [高度,顶] *参见 upo
hypso- or (before a vowel) hyps-
combining form
indicating height
⇒
hypsometry
Origin
from Greek hupsoshypso-
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “height,” “altitude,” used in the formation of compound words:
hypsometer.
Also, hypsi-.
Origin
< Greek, combining form of hýpsos height; akin to hypo-, up
Related Words
- hypsography
- hypsometer
- hypsometry
hypso-
combining form
- relating to height or elevation表示“高度”:
-
hypsometer.
词源
from Greek hupsos 'height'.
1878 Bartley tr. Topinard'sAnthrop. v. 176*Hypso⁓cephalic, elevated skull.
1883 W. H. Flower in Encycl. Brit. XV. 430/1Modification of from a brachyodont to a *hypsodont type. [ the selenodont form]
[ 1880Gray Struct. Bot. (ed. 6) 416/1Hypsophylla, answers to the German ‘Hochblätter’, or high leaves, those of the inflorescence, i.e. bracts and the like.]
1895 Vines Stud. Text-bk. 76There are two kinds ; those which bear sporangia..termed sporophylls; those which do not bear sporangia, termed *hypsophylls. [ of leaves of the sporophore]
1877 Bennett tr. Thomé'sStruct. Bot. 86The bracts or *hypsophyllar leaves, i.e. those leaves, in the axils of which the flowers are placed.
1875 Bennett & Dyer Sachs'Bot. 546The mode of insertion of the cataphyllary and foliage-leaves, and very often that of the *hypsophyllary leaves (as for instance that of the spathe)..is generally amplexicaul.
1880 Gray Struct. Bot. (ed. 6) 6 note,*Hypsophyllous.
1918 T. W. Todd Introd. Mammalian Dentition iv. 88In the most advanced type, Macropus..the teeth are long crowned or hypsodont... This hypsodont character should be contrasted with the *hypsodonty in the bandicoot, Thalacomys.
Ibid. xx. 261In the Horse which is an example of extreme hypsodonty the milk dentition even today is less high-crowned.
1944 G. G. Simpson Tempo & Mode in Evolution i. 8Among many possible measures of hypsodonty, the following index was selected as best adapted to the available material: 100 × (paracone height)/(ectoloph length).
1983 E. C. Minkoff EvolutionaryBiol. xvii. 295/1The evolution of hypsodonty has continued to accelerate, especially since the Miocene. [ in the horse]
hypso-
: see hyps-
hypso- 1hyps- hypsi-
Prefix
- Height.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὕψος (húpsos, “height”)
hypso- 2
Prefix
- Aloft, on high.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὕψι (húpsi, “aloft, on high, on the high seas”)