| 释义 |
difoil, a. nonce-wd.|ˈdaɪfɔɪl|
[f. di-2, after trefoil, etc.]
(See quot.)
1860Ruskin Mod. Paint. V. vi. iii. 20 The elementary structure of all important trees may, I think..be resolved into three principal forms: three-leaved..four-leaved..and five-leaved..Or, in well-known terms, trefoil, quatrefoil, cinqfoil..The simplest arrangement..in which the buds are nearly opposite in position..cannot, I believe, constitute a separate class..If it did, it might be called difoil. |