单词 | to round out |
释义 | > as lemmasto round out to round out 1. transitive. To bring to a complete, finished, or perfect state or condition. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > bring to an end or conclusion finec1300 finisha1375 concludec1430 determine1483 to wind off1650 parclose1667 to wind up1780 eventuate1816 to round out1856 mop1859 to wrap up1922 1856 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 8 Apr. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. iv. 478 Her dream is half-accomplished now; and..the remainder may soon be rounded out. 1870 G. T. Curtis Life D. Webster II. xxx. 219 All that a New-England garden could add..of fruit, or vegetable, and pastry, rounded out the dinner. 1926 Publishers' Weekly 29 May 1789/2 Presently we came away. The inquiry was rounding itself out. 1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. Pl. 35/4 (caption) Rounding out the forms from the front of the sheet. 1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. i. 1/4 The third act very satisfactorily rounds out what has long been a frustrating, partially finished production. 2003 S. Berry Amber Room (2006) xxvi. 151 A plaid flannel shirt and tan prairie boots rounded out the disguise. 2. intransitive. Aeronautics. To make an aircraft undergo a smooth, curving descent in preparation for landing. Cf. flare v. 4d. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (intransitive)] > descend > descend prior to landing > make descent less steep flare1935 to round out1945 1945 Air Facts Dec. 10/2 Seeing an airplane flare high and round out smoothly for a full-stall landing. 1966 R. Bach Biplane in Flying (2003) 207 Not now, you fool! We're rounding out too soon! 2002 D. Legg Consolidated PBY Catalina xxi. 276/2 The pilot failed to round-out early enough. < as lemmas |
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