单词 | whalebacked |
释义 | > as lemmasˈwhalebacked ˈwhalebacked adj. shaped like a whale's back. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > convex > upwardly convex hulch-backed1611 perch-backed1652 coppling1670 humpbacked1681 hog-backed1717 sow-backed1728 fish-backed1825 whalebacked1869 whaleback1891 beetle-backed1959 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xlii. 441 We can see the long, whale-backed ridge of Mount Hermon projecting above the eastern hills. 1879 Daily News 8 Nov. 5/7 Whale-backed station of the London and South Eastern Railway Company. 1903 R. Kipling Sussex in Five Nations 19 Our blunt, bow-headed, whale~backed Downs. < as lemmas |
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