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单词 protuberate
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protuberatev.

Brit. /prəˈtjuːb(ə)reɪt/, /prəˈtʃuːb(ə)reɪt/, U.S. /prəˈt(j)ub(ə)ˌreɪt/, /proʊˈt(j)ub(ə)ˌreɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin protuberat-, protuberare.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin protuberat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of protuberare (see protuberant adj.). Compare protuberated adj., protuberating adj. Compare also protuberant adj. and protubered adj.
1. intransitive. To be or become protuberant; to bulge out; to form a rounded prominence.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > be or become protuberant [verb (intransitive)]
struta1300
bouge1398
embossc1430
bagc1440
bossc1449
bunch1495
bump1566
boin1567
protuberate1578
pagglea1592
bulch1611
extuberate1623
belly1627
heave1629
bulge1679
swell1679
bud1684
pod1806
bilge1849–52
sag1853
knucklec1862
poocha1903
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 26 The inner region..hath cauities..which on the outer side agayne do protuberate and giue forth.
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 11 Hippocrates..writes, That the head sometimes doth more remarkably protuberate at the eares, then either forward or backward.
1671 Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2080 The parts of puppets protuberate, much like the budding of flowers.
1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 126 We see the..Fore-legs half out, and the other just beginning to protuberate through the skin.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Outstand, to protuberate from the main body.
1787 J. Ledyard Jrnl. in Journey through Russia (1966) 179 Universally the Nose protuberates but little from the face.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 735 Mesenteric enlargement..felt in the form of knots protuberating in the abdomen.
1850 Sci. Amer. 12 Oct. 26/2 The superabundant matter protuberated, and formed ridges of hills.
1921 E. Westermarck Hist. Human Marriage (ed. 5) III. xvi. 564 The more the labia pudendi protuberate the more pleased they are.
2000 T. Robbins Fierce Invalids 362 The ricocheting bullet had grazed the old woman's nose, neatly slicing off..the double-dipped God-wart that for many decades had been protuberating there.
2. transitive. To cause to bulge out or project. rare.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > make protuberant [verb (transitive)]
bossc1380
embossc1475
bag1582
belly1609
womb?1623
bumpa1680
protuberate1778
bilge1808
hump1840
bulge1865
1778 E. M. da Costa Hist. Nat. Testaceorum Brit. 45/1 Round the bottom with a row of pretty large bumps or tubercles, which protuberate the said lower edges greatly.
1870 Punchinello 22 Oct. 52/2 The panier with which it pleases the ladies of the period to protuberate their persons was of Chinese origin.
1884 A. A. Watts Life Alaric Watts I. 302 The manly breast protuberated by waistcoats fashioned like a doublet.
2002 U.S. Patent 6,464,233 4 Further detent members or projections which are circumferentially arranged are protuberated or bent out from the surface.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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