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单词 torques
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torquesn.adj.

/ˈtɔːkwiːz/
Forms: Also 1500s torquess, 1600s, 1800s torquis.
Etymology: < Latin torquēs, torquis a twisted neck-chain or collar, < torquēre to twist.
A. n.
1. = torque n.1
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun]
ringOE
beec1009
languet1378
Collar of SS., S's, or Esses1406
tablet?a1425
fetterlock1463
serpent-tongue1488
triangle1529
flory1530
gorget1570
medal1578
tablet jewel1599
sprig1602
bracelet1624
medallion1658
croisette1688
torques1693
scarabaeus1775
crosslet1802
torque1834
teardrop1870
scarab1878
scaraboid1879
scarabaeoid1887
squash blossom1923
clip1937
1693 S. Pepys in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 211 Your account of the Torquis spoken of in your..Letter.
1695 E. Gibson tr. W. Camden Britannia 658 In..1692 an ancient golden Torques was dug up..near this castle of Harlech.
1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Pattingham Where in 1700 was found a large torques of fine gold, 2 feet long, 3 pounds 2 ounces weight... These torquese's were worn by the ancient Britons.
1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Oct. 5 There is no torques, no finger ring..nothing but ‘the seal of Tirhaka, King of Æthiopians’.
2. Zoology. A collar or ring-like marking round the neck of an animal, formed by hair, feathers, etc. of special colour or texture.
ΚΠ
1891 in Cent. Dict.
B. adj.
Twisted, bent. Obsolete. rare.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [adjective] > attributes of bow
unbent1513
torquesa1568
stringless1597
nervous1638
strung1695
unbended1726
unstrung1744
self1801
a1568 Wedderburn in Bannatyne Poems 695/27 With ane bow torquess diuerss Greikis did scho kill.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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