| 释义 |
spoon-shaped, ppl. a.
[spoon n.]
Having the shape of a spoon; cochleariform.
1817Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxiii. II. 331 At the extremity of each tarsal joint these animals are furnished with a spoon-shaped sucker. 1822Hortus Anglicus II. 14 Leaves spoon-shaped. 1884F. J. Britten Watch & Clockm. 94 Drills for tempered steel..are generally rounded, or spoon⁓shaped, as it is called. |