英语词汇“crescent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cres·cent

(krĕsənt)

1. The figure of the moon as it appears before its first quarter phase or after its third quarter phase, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.

a. A curved street.

b. A curved block of buildings, especially row houses, forming a continuous facade.

3. A curved pastry.

adj.

1. Crescent-shaped.

2. Waxing, as the moon approaching its first quarter phase; increasing.

[Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old French creissant, from present participle of creistre, to grow, from Latin crēscere; see ker-² in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

cres·centic (krə-sĕntĭk) adj.

单词	crescent
释义	cres·cent (krĕsənt) n. 1. The figure of the moon as it appears before its first quarter phase or after its third quarter phase, with concave and convex edges terminating in points. 2. a. A curved street. b. A curved block of buildings, especially row houses, forming a continuous facade. 3. A curved pastry. adj. 1. Crescent-shaped. 2. Waxing, as the moon approaching its first quarter phase; increasing. [Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old French creissant, from present participle of creistre, to grow, from Latin crēscere; see ker-² in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] cres·centic (krə-sĕntĭk) adj.
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