| 单词 | figure of eight shield |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfigure of eight shield b. figure of eight: see eight n. 3. Also attributive, as in figure of eight bandage, figure of eight shield, figure of eight suture; figure of eight moth: (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Notodontidae > diloba caeruleocephala (figure of eight moth) figure of eight moth1815 the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > bandage > [noun] > bandage of specific shape cancer1706 capeline1706 spica1731 abnet1797 cravat1836 four-tailed bandage1844 figure of eight bandage1871 society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > shield > [noun] > other types of shield blazon?a1400 fanc1405 pavise1407 ancile1600 shield-board1872 figure of eight shield1939 1604 J. Marston Malcontent iv. ii. sig. F2 [The brawl] Why tis but two singles on the left, two on the right,..a figure of eight. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. 196 The figure-of-eight-moth (Bombyx cæruleocephala, F.). 1871 T. Holmes Syst. Surg. (ed. 2) V. 508 The figure of eight bandage is formed of a single continuous roller. 1939 J. D. S. Pendlebury Archaeol. Crete v. 271 The great figure-of-eight shield (ἠύτε πύργος) protected the warrior from the neck to the feet. 1958 L. Cottrell Anvil of Civilisation viii. 114 Such symbols as the Double-Axe, the Figure-of-Eight Shield, and the Trident, which figure prominently in Minoan buildings of the Middle Minoan period. < as lemmas |
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