Adam: Adam’s apple [18] The original apple in question was the forbidden fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which the serpent in the Garden of Eden tricked Eve into eating, and which she in turn persuaded Adam to eat. It was traditionally believed that a piece of it stuck in Adam’s throat, and so it became an appropriate and convenient metaphor for the thyroid cartilage of the larynx, which protrudes noticeably in men.
Adam
masc. proper name, Biblical name of the first man, progenitor of the human race, from Hebrew adam "man," literally "(the one formed from the) ground" (Hebrew adamah "ground"); compare Latin homo "man," humanus "human," humus "earth, ground, soil." To not know (someone) from Adam "not know him at all" is first recorded 1784.
雙語例句
1. Adam stumbles on, leaving a trail of devastation in his wake.
亞當蹣跚而行，沿路留下毀壞的痕跡。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Adam spent a lot of time in his grandfather's office.
亞當經常呆在他祖父的辦公室裏。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Adam is clever enough, but he's also something of an egomaniac.