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omphaloskepsis

英 [,ɒmfələʊ'skepsɪs] 美

意守丹田

中文词源

omphaloskepsis 意守肚脐，沉思

omphalos-,肚脐，-skep,看，词源同scope,telescope.即注视自己的肚脐，为古代一种修行法门，认为看肚脐可以思考宇宙与人生，引申词义沉思。比较navel-gazing.

英文词源

omphaloskepsis (n.): 1925, from omphalo- + Greek -skepsis, from skeptesthai "to reflect, look, view" (see scope (n.1)). Also omphaloscopy (1931), and used in the sense of "navel-gazer" were omphalopsychic (1892), omphalopsychite (1882).