单词 | everted |
释义 | evertedadj.ΚΠ ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 183 (MED) A man in Grewe is callede antropos, as a tre euertede [L. eversa]; for a man hathe an hedde with heire, in the maner of a rote of a tre, and armes as bowȝes. 1578 J. Polemon All Famous Battels 144 Hee seeing the state to bee quite euerted, and that hee was able to do no good, eyther by hand or counsell, came in with three Arabian Capitaynes, and many horsemen, and yeelded himselfe vnto Selym. 1651 J. Ogilby Fables of Æsop Paraphras'd iii. 3 For your everted towrs, your slaughter'd race, For your great losses, and your high disgrace, Fix all your venom'd Weapons in his Face. 1786 R. Smith in Microcosm No. 3 Even these [persons] would..be absolutely taken ill of an everted coal-box. 2. Turned outwards or inside out. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inversion > [adjective] > turned inside out turned1483 eversed1584 everted1786 out-turned1847 eversible1856 1786 R. White Present Pract. Surg. 248 (heading) Everted Eyelid. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 225/1 When cut longitudinally, the inner surface of the arteries does not become everted. 1866 T. H. Huxley in S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 130 The jugal arches of the European are hardly ever, if ever, so wide and everted as those of some Esquimaux. 1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 210 Bell, the everted opening in which most wind instruments terminate; especially those made of brass. 1916 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 20 May 709/1 A train of symptoms which are found in the various degrees of weak foot, everted foot, and flat-foot. 1947 A. D. Imms Outl. Entomol. (ed. 3) iii. 93 The wings and appendages become everted from their epidermal pouches and become evident externally. 1973 C. Ridley tr. S. Alexiou Minoan Civilization (ed. 2) iii. 53 Typical shapes include the three-handled amphora with a broad everted rim. 2015 Independent (Nexis) 27 Oct. Unlike in other animals, human lips are uniquely everted, meaning they purse outwardly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.?a1475 |
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