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名詞

middle body (複数形 middle bodies)

1. (nautical) The part of a vessel adjacent to the midship section having a uniform or nearly uniform cross-section, usually referred to as the parallel middle body.
   • 1919, William McEntee, “The Propulsion of Cargo Ships with Parallel Middle Body”, Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, volume 31, page 263: 

     In those experiments the different models used had varying lengths of parallel middle body distributed equally forward and abaft the midship section.

2. (anatomy) The midsection of the body.
   • 2006 Julia A. McMillan et al., Chapter 17, Oski's Pediatrics, ISBN 0781738946, page 149:

     Buttocks, lower back, and perineum burns occur when a child's middle body is forcibly held under hot water.