单词 | horizontalize |
释义 | horizontalizev. a. transitive. To place in a horizontal position. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > place in horizontal position [verb (transitive)] horizontalize1837 1837 T. Hook Jack Brag III. vii. 295 With his little legs horizontalized on his lodging-house sofa. b. to horizontalize it (humorous): to lie down flat. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > lie down or recline [verb (intransitive)] leanc950 resteOE liec1000 to be laidc1175 layc1300 to lie along1530 recline1578 to horizontalize it1843 recumb1906 cwtch1921 1843 Fraser's Mag. 28 39 My friend..was still horizontalising it on the chairs. DerivativesCategories » horiˌzontaliˈzation n. the action of making horizontal; spec. in Craniometry, the placing of the skull with the datum-plane truly horizontal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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