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单词 embowl
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embowlv.

Etymology: < en- prefix1 + bowl n.2
Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To form or mould into a globe.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > make into curved three-dimensional shape [verb (transitive)] > make spherical or globular
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c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme xc. 5 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 135 Long er the Earth, embowl'd by thee Bare the forme it now doth beare.
b. intransitive. To take or grow into the form of a globe.
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1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. II. xxxvi. 24 The citrons shone with fruits embowled.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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