单词 | antarctical |
释义 | Antarcticaladj. Now rare. = Antarctic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [adjective] > antarctic Antarctical1545 Antarctic1594 1545 in J. Schäfer Early Mod. Eng. Lexicogr. (1989) II. (at cited word) The cercle, which the other Pole of the zodiake descriveth about the Pole Antartike of the worlde, is called the Antarticall Cercle. 1652 W. Charleton Darknes Atheism vi. 246 But wholly Antarctical to this, is that Praescience which is grounded upon Divine Praedestination. 1665 G. Havers & J. Davies tr. Another Coll. Philos. Conf. French Virtuosi civ. 19 Some others still call it Antarctical Buglosse_[Fr. buglose antarctique], Henbane of Peru, and Indian Wound-wort. 1693 T. P. Blount Nat. Hist. 122 Others call it Antarctical Buglosse, Henbane of Peru. 1851 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Observer (ed. 2) i. 11 However modified these may have been by alterations of conditions, such as those now found between the tropics, and in the arctic or antarctical regions. 1997 O. N. Zezina in A. V. Gebruk et al. Biogeogr. Oceans 399 (caption) Faunistic latitudinal belts..boreal and antarctical. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1545 |
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