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nounPlural taluses, Plural tali ˈteɪləsˈteɪləs Anatomy The large bone in the ankle, which articulates with the tibia of the leg and the calcaneus and navicular bone of the foot. 〔剖〕踝，距骨。亦称ASTRAGALUS Also called astragalus Example sentencesExamples - The physician identifies the space between the anterior border of the medial malleolus and the medial border of the tibialis anterior tendon and palpates this space for the articulation of the talus and tibia.
- The ankle joint is formed by the articulation of the talus with the tibia and fibula.
- Because of the bony articulation between the medial malleolus and the talus, medial ankle sprains are less common than lateral sprains.
- In this series of operations, we used suture anchor devices to fix the free ends of the split patellar tendon to the talus and the calcaneus.
- The tarsal tunnel, which is located on the medial aspect of the posterior heel, is bounded by the flexor retinaculum and the medial surfaces of the talus and calcaneus.
OriginLate 16th century: from Latin, literally 'ankle, heel'. nounPlural taluses, Plural tali ˈteɪləsˈteɪləs mass noun1A sloping mass of rock fragments at the foot of a cliff. 岩屑堆 Example sentencesExamples - In these situations the free face can extend to sea level and talus slopes will be absent.
- When I finally stepped off the glacier onto the rock ridge - safe - my legs gave out from under me and I crumpled into the talus.
- Another scientist reported grizzlies flipping over rocks to lick up army cutworm moths, a fat-bodied insect that hides by day in the high-altitude talus slopes in the Rockies.
- The stand is surrounded on both sides by steep slopes of sandstone talus.
- These wrens breed in rocky habitats, such as canyons, coulees, outcroppings, and talus slopes in the steppe and dry forests.
- We clawed our way up a high mountain ridge covered in fine, shifting talus and on the far side got caught in a thunderstorm.
- A ewe, two lambs, and a young ram picked their way up a talus slope until they disappeared by blending perfectly into the surrounding rocks.
- Protection of algific talus slopes may help prevent the need for threatened or endangered status for these other snails and plants like the golden saxifrage.
- It was decided that Paul would be slid down the talus slope in a stokes litter, and we all pitched in to wrestle him down.
- Litters are born in the talus (rock piles) and weaned at 3-4 weeks after birth.
- From the talus slopes nearby, she'll dig out army cutworm moths, which are about 60 percent fat.
- Their typical breeding habitat is rocky talus and snowfields near sedge and grassy areas.
- We stepped gingerly onto the talus and then froze immediately when we heard yelling below: We were kicking rocks down onto other teams.
- In contrast, the talus, or rock rubble, accumulated beneath cool, north-facing cliffs sometimes provides a very different kind of habitat, one that biologists call algific talus slope, or simply algific slope.
- Along these exposed fault scarps, 500 m or more high, not only can the nature of oceanic crust be examined, but complex patterns of fault breccias, talus, and lavas can be discerned.
- Above them, the rest of us began negotiating the long, steep descent through talus and boulder fields, sun shining down on our slow-moving band now that the storm had followed ‘the Lads’ downslope.
- Rain cascades down glacier carved valleys, gathering with the steady, icy melt to roam through the talus and house-sized boulders.
- The more extreme of these were found within the fault zones separating adjacent basalt blocks, or were on north slopes below steep areas of consolidated talus.
- There the long crest of the mountain broke sharply into a talus slope that, for the uppermost hundred meters, was almost a sheer cliff.
- Scrambling up the talus slope, the cave entrance is easy to spot on the right side.
- 1.1count noun The sloping side of an earthwork, or of a wall that tapers to the top.
（土方）斜面；（墙的）竖斜面 Example sentencesExamples - Large taluses were added to the southwest and east sides to strengthen the outer wall and to make it earthquake resistant.
- The talus is an architectural feature of some late medieval castles, especially prevalent in crusader constructions.
- Soil loss and runoff were evaluated over a 2-year period (2001-2002) on the taluses of terraces, in this zone of intense subtropical orchard cultivation.
OriginMid 17th century: from French, of unknown origin. nounˈtāləsˈteɪləs Anatomy The large bone in the ankle that articulates with the tibia of the leg and the calcaneum and navicular bone of the foot. 〔剖〕踝，距骨。亦称ASTRAGALUS Also called astragalus Example sentencesExamples - The ankle joint is formed by the articulation of the talus with the tibia and fibula.
- The physician identifies the space between the anterior border of the medial malleolus and the medial border of the tibialis anterior tendon and palpates this space for the articulation of the talus and tibia.
- Because of the bony articulation between the medial malleolus and the talus, medial ankle sprains are less common than lateral sprains.
- The tarsal tunnel, which is located on the medial aspect of the posterior heel, is bounded by the flexor retinaculum and the medial surfaces of the talus and calcaneus.
- In this series of operations, we used suture anchor devices to fix the free ends of the split patellar tendon to the talus and the calcaneus.
OriginLate 16th century: from Latin, literally ‘ankle, heel’. nounˈtāləsˈteɪləs 1A sloping mass of rock fragments at the foot of a cliff. 岩屑堆 Example sentencesExamples - Their typical breeding habitat is rocky talus and snowfields near sedge and grassy areas.
- There the long crest of the mountain broke sharply into a talus slope that, for the uppermost hundred meters, was almost a sheer cliff.
- Scrambling up the talus slope, the cave entrance is easy to spot on the right side.
- In these situations the free face can extend to sea level and talus slopes will be absent.
- We stepped gingerly onto the talus and then froze immediately when we heard yelling below: We were kicking rocks down onto other teams.
- Another scientist reported grizzlies flipping over rocks to lick up army cutworm moths, a fat-bodied insect that hides by day in the high-altitude talus slopes in the Rockies.
- Litters are born in the talus (rock piles) and weaned at 3-4 weeks after birth.
- Rain cascades down glacier carved valleys, gathering with the steady, icy melt to roam through the talus and house-sized boulders.
- These wrens breed in rocky habitats, such as canyons, coulees, outcroppings, and talus slopes in the steppe and dry forests.
- Above them, the rest of us began negotiating the long, steep descent through talus and boulder fields, sun shining down on our slow-moving band now that the storm had followed ‘the Lads’ downslope.
- The more extreme of these were found within the fault zones separating adjacent basalt blocks, or were on north slopes below steep areas of consolidated talus.
- In contrast, the talus, or rock rubble, accumulated beneath cool, north-facing cliffs sometimes provides a very different kind of habitat, one that biologists call algific talus slope, or simply algific slope.
- We clawed our way up a high mountain ridge covered in fine, shifting talus and on the far side got caught in a thunderstorm.
- When I finally stepped off the glacier onto the rock ridge - safe - my legs gave out from under me and I crumpled into the talus.
- A ewe, two lambs, and a young ram picked their way up a talus slope until they disappeared by blending perfectly into the surrounding rocks.
- The stand is surrounded on both sides by steep slopes of sandstone talus.
- It was decided that Paul would be slid down the talus slope in a stokes litter, and we all pitched in to wrestle him down.
- Along these exposed fault scarps, 500 m or more high, not only can the nature of oceanic crust be examined, but complex patterns of fault breccias, talus, and lavas can be discerned.
- Protection of algific talus slopes may help prevent the need for threatened or endangered status for these other snails and plants like the golden saxifrage.
- From the talus slopes nearby, she'll dig out army cutworm moths, which are about 60 percent fat.
- 1.1 The sloping side of an earthwork, or of a wall that tapers to the top.
（土方）斜面；（墙的）竖斜面 Example sentencesExamples - Large taluses were added to the southwest and east sides to strengthen the outer wall and to make it earthquake resistant.
- Soil loss and runoff were evaluated over a 2-year period (2001-2002) on the taluses of terraces, in this zone of intense subtropical orchard cultivation.
- The talus is an architectural feature of some late medieval castles, especially prevalent in crusader constructions.
OriginMid 17th century: from French, of unknown origin. |