| 释义 |
wedge-shaped, a.|ˈwɛdʒʃeɪpt|
Shaped like a wedge, cuneiform; Bot. and Zool. = cuneate.
1788J. White Jrnl. Voy. N.S. Wales (1790) 143 The tail [of this bird] is long and wedge-shaped. 1796Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 843 Leaves wedge-shaped. 1837Civil Engin. & Arch. Jrnl. I. 24/2 The rafters to be of wood..and the section to be wedge-shaped. 1845Lindley Sch. Bot. i. (1858) 10 If very much wider at the point than at any other part, they [leaves] are cuneate or wedge-shaped. 1867Schele de Vere Studies in English 10 The wedge-shaped inscriptions of Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes. 1893Tuckey tr. Hatschek's Amphioxus 90 Changing to high and sharply pointed wedge-shaped cells. |