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单词
protuberance
释义
protuberance
pro‧tu‧be‧rance
/
prəˈtjuːb
ə
rənt
$
-ˈtuː-
/
noun
[countable]
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
protuberance
Origin:
1600-1700
protuberant
, from
Latin
, present participle of
protuberare
, from
tuber
‘swelling’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Accurate recordings of nebulae, comets and solar
protuberances
now extended the iconography of the natural world.
And the amount the tip is moved reveals the height of the
protuberance
, even if it is only a single atom high.
At the front, inside the thick cotton shirt, was the flat
protuberance
of the packet.
Each small
protuberance
seems to be attached to a larger one at some minute place, producing many warts upon warts.
Her sculptures are hybrids of organic and machine forms: cylinders punctuated with round apertures and
protuberances
.
Perhaps they fitted together with the
protuberances
of one party fitting into the hollows of the other to make a perfect whole.
formal
something that sticks out
:
This dinosaur is recognizable by the protuberance on the top of its head.
—
protuberant
adjective
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