释义 |
insected, ppl. a. rare.|ɪnˈsɛktɪd| [f. L. insectus (see insect a.) + -ed1.] Cut into; divided, as it were, into segments, as an insect.
c1645Howell Lett. (1650) II. vi. 7 We can hardly endure the sting of that small insected animal. 1676[see insection1]. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxxviii. III. 4 Its body is insected, being divided as it were into three principal pieces. 1883Kimber in Knowledge 13 July 22/2 The body [of a sea anemone]..may be..transversely furrowed or insected. |