单词 | obliquate |
释义 | † obliquateadj. Obsolete. rare. Bent to one side; twisted obliquely. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > askew obliquate?a1425 cama1600 ajee1816 askew1831 skew-whiff1839 splay1873 catawampous1885 skewgee1890 cockeye1891 boss-eyed1898 skewy1898 cockeyed1899 squiffy1941 akimbo1943 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 127v Of strabosite, i. glying of the eyen..Humour cristalline is obliquate [?c1425 Paris turnede; L. obliquatur] & transposed. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 68v So that the stomach might be lesse obliquate, or crooked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). obliquatev. Now rare. transitive. To twist obliquely; to distort. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline or be oblique [verb (intransitive)] > twist obliquely obliquate1665 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia x. 68 The Rays that proceed from such [coloured] bodies, have their pulse obliquated or confus'd. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 145 Shall these crooked rules obliquate those loyal maxims which are so strait in St. Paul? a1703 J. Wallis Serm. (1791) iv. 128 They represent God's simplicity obliquated and refracted, by reason of many inadequate conceptions. 1736 R. Ainsworth Lat. Dict. at Q The figure of Q is easily made from C, by shutting the semicircle, and obliquating the perpendicular line. 1942 Mind 51 134 I regard the philosopher as above correction, make a rejoinder congruent with the influence and importance of these writers, obliquate the point and directness of their objections. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1425v.1665 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。