单词 | circumvolute |
释义 | circumvolutev. 1. transitive. To roll or curl round. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > coil round (something) > coil (something) round or upon itself windc1325 wrap?1523 to roll up1530 wreathe1530 upwind1560 twist1582 twinec1585 circumvolute1599 bottom1612 rolla1616 overwhelm1634 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 115/2 Vineleaves..and those little circumvolutede sprigges which growe on the branches. 1790 R. Burns Let. 13 Feb. (2003) II. 15 I can antithesize Sentiment, & circumvolute Periods, as well as any Coiner of phrases. 2. To enclose or enwrap by twisting or winding something round. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > coil round (something) enlacec1374 whipc1500 wreathe1509 enwrap1578 circumvolute1599 twine1602 ingyre1610 wrap?1611 wire1645 serpenta1660 whirl1676 convolute1698 intertwine1717 entwine1796 overtwinea1817 enwind1849 warplea1870 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > by winding or folding something round enlacec1374 wrap1382 circumvolute1599 coila1625 furl1712 to roll on1753 clasp1798 bespin1862 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 61/1 Take past, and circumvolute the glasse therin. 1828 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 288 With the aid of circumvoluting twine. 1830 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 519 A wearied wasp, lying like a silkworm, circumvoluted in the inextricable toils. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < v.1599 |
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