单词 | sub-member |
释义 | sub-membern. 1. A subordinate or secondary member of a group, category, etc. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [noun] > member > subordinate member sub-member1804 associate1812 1804 in J. Wilkes Lett. I. 193 (note) Paul Whitehead..was at one period of his life a sub-member of the brotherhood of Medmenham Abbey. 1862 R. Owen Rep. Geol. Reconnoissance of Indiana ii. 126 The occasional separation into two sub-members is true also of the strata forming the Middle limestone and even the Lower. 1896 Windsor Mag. 3 369/2 The committee and the sub-members alike, being once entangled in the plot they had assisted to weave, were practically powerless to free themselves. 1903 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 5 Feb. 1/3 The Western Branch continues to grow in numbers having now 27 non-subscribing members, five sub-members and four associates. 1976 Oceanic Linguistics Special Publ. 13 401 Perhaps the reason Bahnar is such an unnatural sub-member of either South Bahnaric or North Bahnaric is because it is in fact a member of neither. 2010 Fraser Coast (Queensland) Chron. (Nexis) 24 Dec. 20 The club launched its centenary book on December 12 and Craig, who first joined as a sub-member when he was 13, says sales, at $20 a pop, have been going well. 2. Architecture and Engineering. A secondary or subordinate part of an arch or other structure. Cf. member n. 3. ΚΠ 1875 R. R. Brash Eccl. Archit. Ireland 133 These arches have each a chamfered Sub-member. 1916 Trans. Internat. Engin. Congr., 1915 138 All sub-members are built up of four 6-in. by 4-in. by 3/ 8-in. angles, forming an I section. 2000 J. Newman Gwent/Monmouthshire 276 A single segmental arch and a nearly horizontal road beam, linked by zigzag sub-members. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1804 |
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