单词 | protruberance |
释义 | protruberancen. nonstandard. = protuberance n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] bunching1398 struttingc1440 tuberosity?1541 swellnessa1582 bunchiness1594 extuberance1607 protuberance1653 protuberancy1654 tuberousness1681 swell1683 protruberance1746 bossiness1870 bulginess1883 pregnancy1950 1746 R. Poole Journey France & Holland (ed. 2) II. 142/1 Some unnatural Protruberance arising from the lower Vertebra of the Loins. 1829 J. F. Stephens Illustr. Brit. Entomol. II. 24 Larva naked, with a small conical protruberance on the anal segment. 1908 Proc. Royal Soc. 1907–8 A. 80 571 The effect of an equatorial protruberance of the primary is to cause a retrograde motion of the node of a satellite's orbit along the equator of the primary. 1947 Trans. & Papers (Inst. Brit. Geographers) No. 13. 34 The drag of the moving ice on any rock protruberance, and direct plucking by ice frozen on to a ‘riser’ facing downstream, probably all assist in the disintegration of the bed. 2004 Time Out 31 Mar. 14/1 These annoying protruberances [sc. speed humps] cause 500 deaths a year in the city. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1746 |
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