单词 | half-moon-like |
释义 | > as lemmashalf-ˈmoon-like half-ˈmoon-like adj. resembling or shaped like a half moon; esp. crescent-shaped. Π ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 37 (MED) Seweþ..in þe palpebrez fro angle i. corner, to corner with perforacioun halfemonelike [L. semilunari]. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xi. 244/2 Black and blew Feathers, with half-moon like black borders. 1877 Davenport (Iowa) Gaz. 2 June The instrument used to shave the head is a half moon like concern, or rather like a scythe on a small scale. 2018 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 3 Mar. (Traveller section) 30 That alluringly-lit landing point, Clifford Pier, with its elegant, half-moon like roof built in the early 1930s. < as lemmas |
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