1550s, "addition of a letter or syllable to a word," from Late Latin, from Greek prosthesis "addition," from prostithenai "add to," from pros "to" + tithenai "to put, place" (see theme). Meaning "artificial body part" is first recorded c. 1900, from earlier use to describe the medical art of making artificial limbs (1706), on notion of "that which is added to" the injured body.
雙語例句
1. The woman whose leg had been amputated could get a prosthesis and learn to walk on it.
那個腿部被截肢的女人可以裝假肢并學(xué)著用它來行走。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Title: Dental Treatment in the Near Future: Prosthesis or Regeneration?
題目: 牙科治療的發(fā)展趨勢: 修復(fù)抑或再生?
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. Objective To discuss recent research development about optimization of prosthesis materials.