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单词 gibbous
释义

Definition of gibbous in English:

gibbous

adjective ˈɡɪbəs
  • 1(of the moon) having the illuminated part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • My hand was clasped around hers, and the light of the gibbous moon set a silver path out before us.
    • On the 16th Jupiter appears to the upper left of the waxing gibbous Moon.
    • The moon is gibbous and yellow down at the end of the main street.
    • The year is on the wane, has passed its gibbous phase and is now into that delicate fingernail-clipping shape that children draw in pictures to denote the moon.
    • The waxing gibbous moon was still behind the scudding clouds, but it was far from pitch dark.
    1. 1.1 Convex or protuberant.
      his gibbous eyes
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The male hooded merganser, with his distinct gibbous moon crest, demands immediate attention.

Derivatives

  • gibbosity

  • noun ɡɪˈbɒsɪtiɡəˈbɑsədi
    • Females of this species also lack the tendency towards frontal gibbosity shown by males.
  • gibbously

  • adverb
    • Early in the week the Moon waxes gibbously, and later in the week, after full, gibbously wanes.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We will see the Moon waxing in its gibbous phase the early part of the week, while the last two days see it gibbously waning.
  • gibbousness

  • noun

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin gibbosus, from Latin gibbus 'hump'.

 
 

Definition of gibbous in US English:

gibbous

adjective
  • 1(of the moon) having the observable illuminated part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • My hand was clasped around hers, and the light of the gibbous moon set a silver path out before us.
    • The moon is gibbous and yellow down at the end of the main street.
    • The waxing gibbous moon was still behind the scudding clouds, but it was far from pitch dark.
    • On the 16th Jupiter appears to the upper left of the waxing gibbous Moon.
    • The year is on the wane, has passed its gibbous phase and is now into that delicate fingernail-clipping shape that children draw in pictures to denote the moon.
    1. 1.1 Convex or protuberant.
      gibbous eyes
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The male hooded merganser, with his distinct gibbous moon crest, demands immediate attention.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin gibbosus, from Latin gibbus ‘hump’.

 
 
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