| 单词 | pyramid-wise |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈpyramid-wise ˈpyramid-wise adv. in the manner or shape of a pyramid, pyramidally. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adverb] > triangle > pyramid pyramidally1561 pyramid-wise1589 pyramidicallya1634 1589 E. Hayes Voy. Sir H. Gilbert in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations 159 We met with very foule weather, and terrible seas, breaking short and high Pyramid wise. 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) ii. lxii. 318 Neither must they be made as some are flat at the top, and shallow, but ascending pyramid wise, smaller and smaller till it come to the top. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 494 The haycocks..are made with a broad bottom and sharp top, pyramidwise. 1854 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 2 The Anglo-Saxon mind builds upon a broad basis of facts or phenomena successive series of generalizations, pyramid-wise, culminating in some single law. 1928 Manitoba Free Press 26 Oct. 15/5 I was putting the great persimmons into a dish, pyramidwise. 2003 A. Wolff How Many Miles to Babylon? vi. 154 Each night all the boats were dressed with lamps rigged out pyramid-wise. < as lemmas |
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