| 释义 |
hypertrophic, a.|haɪpəˈtrɒfɪk|
[f. hypertroph-y + -ic.]
Of the nature of, affected with, or producing hypertrophy. (Also fig.)
1832Coleridge in Blackw. Mag. XXXI. 956 The following Out-slough, or hypertrophic Stanza. 1839–47Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 719/2 The anatomical characters of a hypertrophic brain. 1856W. L. Lindsay Brit. Lichens 41 Their hypertrophic or abnormal condition.
b. Gram. Characterized by excess of expression.
1874T. H. Key Lang. 271 In the Old German we find an abundant crop of hypertrophic comparatives from prepositions.
So hyperˈtrophical, a. (Craig 1847). |