单词 | accordioned |
释义 | accordionedadj. Folded, pleated, or collapsed so as to resemble the bellows of an accordion; having the form or appearance of an accordion's bellows. ΚΠ 1893 County Gentleman 4 Feb. 153/3 There was nothing more serious than a soiled coat or an accordioned hat. 1895 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 22 June 7/6 They are made of delicate shades of silk, and trimmed with accordioned pleatings of chiffon over silk. 1946 Billboard 23 Mar. 50/2 The downstage platform rises rapidly, showing an accordioned mirrored set. 1981 T. C. Boyle Water Music (1983) i. 138 The Dooty looks doubtfully at Mungo, his gaze..coming to rest on the accordioned top hat. 1998 D. Remnick in New Yorker Bk. Business Cartoons p. i The rejection letter now clutched like an accordioned dagger in the visitor's reddening paw. 2009 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 5 Sept. l10 You will be presented with a tender, golden Slinky of accordioned calamari sitting curved atop a fresh bed of baby arugula. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1893 |
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