释义 |
inˈserted, ppl. a. [f. insert v. + -ed1.] Set or put in; fitted in, ingrafted. b. Entom. Set deeply; not free. †c. Archit. (See quot. 1727.)
1598Florio, Inserito, set in, put in, ingrafted, added, ioined, mixed, brought in, inserted. 1621Sandys Ovid's Met. vi. (1626) 109 The combs inserted tooth..Betweene the warp supprest the rising woofe. 1712Pope Vertum. & Pomona 13 Now the cleft rind inserted graffs receives. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Column, Column inserted, or backed, is that let into a wall, a third or fourth part of its diameter. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 306 [The head] Inserted, when the head is partly withdrawn within the trunk. |