| 释义 |
paraˈbolically, adv.
[f. parabolical a. + -ly2.]
1. In a parabolical manner; with parable or allegory; according to parabole, metaphorically.
1615Bedwell Moham. Imp. ii. §63 They are spoken parabolically. 1749Fielding Tom Jones ii. ii, The latter was parabolically spoken. 1828Carlyle Misc. (1857) I. 148 This doctrine is to be stated emblematically and parabolically.
2. Geom. In the manner of a parabola. rare.
1755in Johnson. |