| 单词 | figure eight |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfigure (of) eight 3. The figure (8) representing this number; hence anything in the form of an 8; esp. a figure made on the ice in skating. Also figure (of) eight; sometimes attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [noun] > thing or part in other curved shapes heart1446 scutule1592 figure (of) eight1607 parenthesis1608 scallop1609 curvilineal1636 stirrup1684 pelecoid1706 shield1849 pretzel1919 jug handle1955 society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > figure > specific figure (of) eight1607 do-se-do1929 1607 T. Dekker Knights Conjuring sig. C1 All our Courses are but Figures of 8. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Epic in Poems (new ed.) II. 1 Cutting eights that day upon the pond. 1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 626 The thrice-repeated eight, the eight hundred and eighty and eight. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 1 What is a figure of eight knot used for? 1876 A. Arnold Persia in Contemp. Rev. June 42 One is surprised to see a European cutting figures of eight upon frozen pools. 1887 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 255 They danced a figure 8 chain. < as lemmas |
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