单词 | protuberance |
释义 | protuberancen. 1. a. A thing which protrudes from something else; a rounded projection or swelling; a knob, a bump. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > a protuberance or protuberant part busta1250 bouging1398 gibbosityc1400 embossingc1430 breasta1450 belly1591 tumour1601 extuberance1607 belly-piece1609 embossment1610 outswelling1611 extuberation1615 protuberation1615 swelling1615 extuberancy1634 popple1635 protuberance1635 emboss1644 extancy1644 bump1653 protuberancy1653 protuberating1667 swell1683 bulge1741 boss1791 bulging1828 protuberosity1860 tuber1888 1635 D. Person Varieties i. 26 The protuberances of such knobs deface not the exact roundnesse of the whole Globe, as not having a comparable proportion with it. 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 126 The Rhomboidall protuberances in Pineapples maintaining this Quincuncial order unto each other. 1729 J. Martyn 1st Lect. Bot. 22 Mulberry signifies not only the Fruit commonly so call'd, but also any other soft Fruits, compos'd of several Protuberances. 1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 82 Under the throat there is a fleshy protuberance. 1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage II. xx. 215 There was a small protuberance on the left side of the nose, which, on his pressing it, gave great pain to the child. 1859 W. S. Coleman Our Woodlands 77 On the leaf-stalks of this Poplar..large reddish-coloured protuberances. 1914 F. E. Fritsch & E. J. Salisbury Introd. Study Plants xviii. 231 In some Spiræas..the receptacle is likewise flat, but the ovary is borne on a central protuberance. 1959 A. C. Hardy Open Sea II. x. 193 Its body is covered with little protuberances giving it a somewhat toad-like appearance. 2002 National Geographic Apr. 94/2 Human-like figures with antler-like protuberances on their heads. b. Astronomy. = prominence n. 2b. Also solar protuberance. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sun > solar activity > [noun] > solar prominence streamer1697 solar prominence1852 sun pillar1853 filamenta1869 solar protuberance1869 plume1885 panache1886 1869 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 57 317 The first protuberance which I observed, is represented by Fig. 1. Above an intensely luminous peak-shaped mass, rising from the border of the sun, is spread a cloud-like formation. 1907 Daily News 25 Dec. 4 Janssen was in the Malay Peninsula making his observations of the solar ‘protuberances’, otherwise masses of blazing hydrogen. 1949 Sci. Monthly Oct. 222/2 A medallion was issued by the Academy commemorating their analysis of the solar protuberances. 2. The fact or condition of protruding; bulging out or projecting in a rounded form. 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 1653 W. Harvey Anat. Exercitations xvi. 85 Fully representing the figure of an Eye, and that not only by reason of its protuberance, like that in the Tunica Cornea, or horny membrane, or coat of the Eye. 1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Protuberance, a bunching forth above the rest. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. liv. 191 The protuberance of her breast, when considered alone, seemed to drag her forwards. 1782 J. Warton Ess. on Pope (new ed.) II. vii. 12 The firmness and protuberance of the muscles in each limb. 1836 Random Recoll. Ho. Lords xiv. 342 His eyes have a sunken appearance, owing to the protuberance of his eye-brows. 1874 Imperial Gazetteer at Australia The whole figure..very well proportioned, but frequently marred by the protuberance of the abdomen. 1927 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 101 253 There was no protuberance of the eyeballs, but the eyes were kept wide open. 1997 Afr. Amer. Rev. 31 708 The perceived protuberance of the buttocks of the prostitute. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1635 |
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。