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单词 half-orbed
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half-orbed
half-orbed adj. Obsolete having a semicircular appearance; (of the moon) having half of its orb illuminated (also figurative).
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1737 R. Glover Leonidas ix. 312 His phalanx soon Leonidas commands To circle backward..: Their order changes; now half-orb'd they stand.
1787 J. Barlow Vision of Columbus i. 3 The half-orb'd moon declining to the main.
1880 E. Poste tr. Aratus Skies & Weather-forecasts 38 Half-orbed, her [sc. the moon's] promise holds To full moon.
1901 Christian Advocate 12 Sept. 1456/1 A half-orbed faith busies itself forever with what it calls ‘the other world’.
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half-orbed
half-orbed adj. now rare (of the moon) with half of its orb illuminated; also fig.
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1737 R. Glover Leonidas ix. 312 His phalanx soon Leonidas commands To circle backward..: Their order changes; now half-orb'd they stand.
1787 J. Barlow Vision of Columbus i. 3 The half-orb'd moon declining to the main.
1880 E. Poste tr. Aratus Skies & Weather-forecasts 38 Half-orbed, her [sc. the moon's] promise holds To full moon.
1901 Christian Advocate 12 Sept. 1456/1 A half-orbed faith busies itself forever with what it calls ‘the other world’.
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