单词 | splay |
释义 | splay (splā) v. splayed, splay·ing, splays v.tr. 1. To spread (the limbs, for example) out or apart: The dog rolled on its back and splayed its legs. 2. To make slanting or sloping; bevel: splayed the edge of the tabletop. 3. To dislocate (a bone). Used of an animal. v.intr. 1. To be spread out or apart: After work, he splayed out on the couch. 2. To slant or slope. adj. 1. Spread or turned out. 2. Clumsy or clumsily formed; awkward. n. Architecture An oblique angle or bevel given to the sides of an opening in a wall so that the opening is wider on one side of the wall than on the other. [Middle English splayen, short for displayen; see DISPLAY.] |
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