(Anatomy)the large bone in the ankle, which articulates with the tibia of the leg and the calcaneum and navicular bone of the foot (剖)踝,距骨。 亦称astragalus
语源
late 16th cent.: from Latin, literally ankle, heel'
talus2 [ˈteɪləs] (pl. taluses)
[mass noun]a sloping mass of rock fragments at the foot of a cliff 岩屑堆 ■[count noun]the sloping side of an earthwork, or of a wall that tapers to the top 斜面;(墙的)竖斜面