homunculus

基本解釋

The homunculus in Maxwell's original thought experiment could sort the molecules of air found in two connected boxes according to their velocities.
在麥克斯韋爾最初的思考實(shí)驗(yàn)里，侏儒按照空氣分子的初始速度把分子放在了兩個(gè)互相連接的盒子里。
This is often depicted as the "sensory homunculus", a distorted image of a man stretched across the brain, with his genitals lying next to his feet ( click here).
這通常被比作感覺侏儒，一個(gè)被扭曲的人體圖像在腦中映射，這幅圖中，生殖器就在腳附近。
According to ancient ideas,inside the body of every man are not just little sperm swimming around, but each of those little things is a homunculus, a little person,a little,teeny,tiny person.
根據(jù)古人的想法，在每個(gè)男人身體里,不只是游來游去的小精子，而是小矮人，小小的人，小小的人。

This peculiarly misconceived comedy stars Eddie Murphy in a dual role, as Dave, a humanoid spaceship that lands on Earth in order to move unnoticed among earthlings, and as the tiny outer-space homunculus who is its captain.
NEWYORKER: Meet Dave