| 单词 | foot stroke |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoot stroke foot stroke n. †(a) a line or serif forming the lower part or bottom of a letter (obsolete); (b) a stroke of the foot or feet, esp. in running or swimming. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > formation of letters > [noun] > stroke linea1382 tittlec1384 stroke1567 minim1587 pot-hook1611 dash1615 hair-stroke1634 hook1668 foot stroke1676 stem1676 duct1699 hanger1738 downstroke?1760 hairline1846 up-stroke1848 skit1860 pot-crook1882 ligature1883 coupling-stroke1906 bow1914 ductus1922 ascender1934 society > communication > printing > printed matter > printed character(s) > [noun] > bottom or footing footing1676 foot line1676 foot stroke1676 base1827 1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 23 F..Is made like E, onely instead of the Foot-stroke here is onely a Footing. 1855 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1854 23 58 The foot strokes of the Arian letters..ally them to those on the coins of ‘Pakores’. 1879 A. W. Tourgeé Fool's Errand (1880) xiii. 66 Faster and faster came the footstrokes of the maddened filly. 1884 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments III. 457 Several of the letters have decorative feet or foot-strokes. 1920 T. A. Coward Birds Brit. Isles 2nd Ser. 317 On the surface..the foot strokes are alternate, but under water it [sc. the Little Grebe] progresses in a series of rapid jerks. 2010 Caledon (Ontario) Enterprise (Nexis) 6 Apr. 1 When swimming, Woodies [sc. wood ducks] have the habit of bobbing their heads with each foot stroke. < as lemmas |
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