| 释义 |
acuminated, ppl. a.|əˈkjuːmɪneɪtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
1. Brought to a sharp point, pointed. fig. Of speech: Sharp, pointed, stinging.
1611Coryat Crudities 261 The toppe whereof on both sides above their forehead is acuminated in two peakes. 1615Crooke Body of Man 440 Pericles had an accuminated head and somewhat long. 1790Cowper Iliad xv. 635, A spear Tough grain'd, acuminated, sharp with brass. 1833–48H. Coleridge North. Worthies III. 333 So perfect a model of acuminated satire. 1866Huxley Prehist. Rem. Caithn. 91 The palate is narrowed, and its arch somewhat acuminated in front.
2. Intellectually sharpened, made keen in discernment; acutely concentrated (in attention).
1831G. P. R. James De L'Orme xlvi. 313 Mounted troopers..acuminated in every point of stratagem. 1861H. Macmillan Footn. fr. Page of Nat. 14 We observe with speechless admiration that the Divine attention is acuminated and His skill concentrated on these vital atoms. |