单词 | rondelle |
释义 | rondellen. A circular piece of something; a circular shape or pattern; spec. a disc-shaped bead with a central hole, used esp. in jewellery. Cf. round n.1 1, roundel n. I. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > circularity > a circle > a circular piece rondelle1839 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 328 These rondelles are immediately immersed in cold water. 1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 288 A rondelle of firwood is fixed normally to the tube by its centre. 1921 Mineral Industry 29 578 Onyx, cut into many small forms, to be used as accessories in diamond jewelry, to be strung as rondelles or as beads, interspersed with beads of rock crystal. 1969 Times 31 Oct. 29/7 The Board of Trade has tightened up export licensing arrangements on nickel and alloys in all forms ranging from..bars and billets to rondelles, sticks and crystals. 1997 Pop. Crafts No. 6. 39/2 Begin threading pearls and rondelles until the correct length is achieved. 2003 New Yorker 28 July 62/1 An elderly woman..sat cross-legged on the floor in front of a three-foot-square canvas, applying thick rondelles of yellow acrylic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839 |
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