| 释义 |
subˈtending, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That subtends.
1571Digges Pantom. i. xx. F ij b, Make a fyne notche, or marke vpon that subtending staffe. 1660R. Coke Justice Vind. 20 What proportion..the subtending side of an isosceles right-angle triangle hath to one of the comprehending sides. 1859R. F. Burton Central Afr. in Jrnl. Geogr. Soc. XXIX. 237 The Tanganyika cannot be drained eastward by rents in a subtending mountain ridge. 1882Vines tr. Sachs' Bot. 599 If..the subtending leaf (bract) is developed later than the axillary branch (inflorescence). 1900B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 250/2 Subtending Leaf, that leaf whose axil gives rise to a bud or peduncle. |