| 释义 |
cordate, a.|ˈkɔːdeɪt|
Also 7 cordat.
[In sense 1 ad. L. cordāt-us wise, prudent, sagacious, f. cor, cord- heart, in sense of judgement; in sense 3, ad. mod.L. cordātus (Linnæus), in sense analogous to that of ovātus egg-shaped: see -ate2 2.]
†1. Wise, prudent, sagacious. Obs.
1651Fuller's Abel Rediv., Life Colet 105 The Bishop assisted by two of his brethren, almost as learned and Cordate as himselfe. a1734North Lives (1890) III. 91 He was cordate in his practice, and I believe never in all his life betrayed a client to court a judge. Ibid. 125 To allow him assistants..that he shall think faithful and cordate.
†2. Hearty, cordial. Obs. rare.
1670Maynwaring Physic. Repos. 117 Unanimous concurrence and cordate adherence to one another. 1671― Pract. of Physic 45 Cordate esteem for all those who have contributed their endeavours for so happy a restitution.
3. (Chiefly in Nat. Hist.) Heart-shaped; resembling in form a longitudinal section of a heart, i.e. with outline generally rounded, but pointed at one end and having an indentation at the other.
1769J. Wallis Nat. Hist. Northumb. I. xi. 393 The depressed cordate Echinus, or Sea-Egg. 1794Martyn Rousseau's Bot. v. 52 The form of these petals..is usually cordate or heart-shaped. 1854Woodward Mollusca ii. 290 Shell regular, equivalve, free, cordate. 1882Vines Sachs' Bot. 476 The leaves of Selaginella..are usually cordate at the base.
b. Prefixed to another adj.= ‘cordate and{ddd}’, or ‘with a combination of the cordate form’; as in cordate-amplexicaul, cordate-lanceolate, cordate-oblong, cordate-sagittate, etc. See also cordato-.
1845Lindley Sch. Bot. vi. (1858) 86 Floral leaves broadovate, at the base cordate-amplexicaul. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 310 Polygonum Convolvulus; leaves cordate-sagittate.
Hence ˈcordately adv., in a cordate form.
1828in Webster; and in later Dicts. |