名詞 cuirass:

1. medieval body armor that covers the chest and back

cui.rass

n.（名詞）

A piece of armor for protecting the breast and back.
上半身鎧甲：用來(lái)保護(hù)胸部和背部的那塊鎧甲
The breastplate alone.
胸甲
A defense or protection:
防衛(wèi)，保護(hù)：
例句：
.A carefully primped irony, that cuirass of art in the early Eighties, is necessary—a distance so affected as to constitute a hopeless impediment to feeling.(Robert Hughes)
.8世紀(jì)早期藝術(shù)的保護(hù)物——細(xì)心整飾的反語(yǔ)，是必需的——這一距離是如此的不自然以致于造成了對(duì)感覺(jué)的徹底失望的阻礙.(羅伯特·休斯)

Zoology A protective covering of bony plates or scales.
【動(dòng)物學(xué)】 護(hù)身甲殼：保護(hù)骨盤(pán)或介殼的覆蓋層
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
cui.rassed,cui.rass.ing,cui.rass.es
To protect with a cuirass.
用護(hù)胸甲保護(hù)

來(lái)源：
Middle English curas
中古英語(yǔ) curas
from Old French cuirace
源自 古法語(yǔ) cuirace
probably alteration influenced by Old French cuir [leather]
可能為 受 古法語(yǔ) cuir的影響 [皮革]
of Old Provenôal coirassa
古普羅旺斯語(yǔ) coirassa的變化
from Late Latin cori3cea (vestis) [leather (garment)] [feminine of] cori3ceus
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) cori3cea (vestis) [皮革（衣服）] [] cori3ceus的陰性詞
from Latin corium [hide] * see sker-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) corium [隱藏] *參見(jiàn) sker-