| 单词 | sharpcornered |
| 释义 | > as lemmassharp-cornered 1. Having a corner or corners. (Frequently in compounds, as three-cornered, sharp-cornered.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [adjective] corneredc1330 corneledc1400 angulousa1460 angulated1486 unrounded1519 nookedc1550 corned1564 angular1570 cornery1576 angled1612 angulate1670 angulose1694 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10310 Cornered as a cheker quarre. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. lxxiv. 768 Þer is a six-cornerde stone þat maketh a reynebowe in þe eyre. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 93 Corneryd, angulatus. 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 111 Cornered bodies be most vnapt for to run. 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 139 Whose cornered shield was laid with skilfull blew. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 73 The indented creekes and cornered nouks [of Peloponnesus]. 1756 J. Hill Brit. Herbal v. 114 The leaves are cornered and smooth. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 9 A large four cornered sail. 1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 25 Sharp cornered, as in quartz and calcedony... Blunt-cornered, as in common opal. sharp-cornered sharp-cornered adj. ΚΠ 1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 597 They are sprinkled with small projecting pebbles, and sharp-corner'd flints. < as lemmas |
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