单词 | speluncar |
释义 | speluncaradj. 1. Having relation or reference to a cave. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [adjective] > cave cavy?1614 cryptic1617 cavernal1803 speluncean1803 cavernous1833 caverned1847 speluncar1855 spelaean1882 1855 Ecclesiologist 16 295 What Mr. Scott calls the speluncar idea, is thus fully carried out. 1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. iii. 85 Mr. Burges..bases his plan upon what has been called, by a self-explanatory term, the speluncar principle of tropical architecture. 2. Of the nature of a cave. ΚΠ 1865 Sat. Rev. 11 Feb. 181 Nor would these speluncar chambers gain much in artistic value..were the point gained. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1855 |
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