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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Adam \Ad"am\, n.
1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the
progenitor of the human race.
2. (As a symbol) ``Original sin;'' human frailty.
And whipped the offending Adam out of him. --Shak.
{Adam's ale}, water. [Coll.]
{Adam's apple}.
1. (Bot.)
(a) A species of banana ({Musa paradisiaca}). It attains a
height of twenty feet or more. --Paxton.
(b) A species of lime ({Citris limetta}).
2. The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the
neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so
called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden
fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first
parent.
{Adam's flannel} (Bot.), the mullein ({Verbascum thapsus}).
{Adam's needle} (Bot.), the popular name of a genus ({Yucca})
of liliaceous plants.
資料來源 : WordNet®
Adam
n 1: (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man
and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human
race
2: Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in
England and Scotland (1728-1792) [syn: {Robert Adam}]
3: street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine [syn: {ecstasy},
{XTC}, {go}, {disco biscuit}, {cristal}, {X}, {hug drug}]
資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
ADAM
{A Data Management system}