umbilical
umbilical 英 [ʌm'bɪlɪk(ə)l;,ʌmbɪ'laɪk(ə)l] 美 [ʌm'bɪlɪkl]
adj. 脐带的；母系的；中央的
名词复数:umbilicals
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- adj. 脐带的；母系的；中央的
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1. It’s as if the theater were connected to the city by a gigantic umbilical cord.
这个剧场好像是通过一个巨大的脐带和这个城市得以连接。
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2. And then, after all that, the baby comes out facing down and backwards, which means you’re helpless to assist it, or even to untangle it from the umbilical cord.
而且，经历过这一切后，宝宝出来是面向下和倒过来的，意味着你没办法协助，或者甚至不能帮忙解开脐带。
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3. "North Korea does not want to be economically-dependent on China, and they want to break the umbilical cord, but Beijing has groomed Kim Jong-un, so it will be hard," he said.
他说：“朝鲜不希望在经济上依赖中国，他们想斩断对中国的经济脐带。 但北京给了金正云好处，所以想摆脱中国的经济控制非常困难。”
- umbilical (adj.) "pertaining to the navel," 1540s, from Medieval Latin umbilicalis "of the navel," from Latin umbilicus "navel" (see umbilicus). Umbilical cord attested by 1753 (the native term is navel string).
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