单词 | ridged |
释义 | ridged (once / 15887 pages) adj Ridged things have a raised line or band, like a ridged hillside or a ridged crease in an old person's forehead. A ridge is a raised row that can be seen or felt, and when something's described as ridged, at least part of it is shaped like a ridge. Raking your garden bed leaves a ridged surface, and pleating a piece of paper makes it ridged even when you unfold it. Both ridge and ridged have an Old English root, hrycg, "back of a man or beast," from the sense of a ridged backbone. WORD FAMILYridge: ridged, ridges, ridging USAGE EXAMPLESPut a ridged griddle pan on a high heat and ventilate the kitchen. The Guardian(Oct 01, 2016) “Here, I’ll do that,” he says, commandeering the water and pouring it himself into a pair of ridged tumblers. Wall Street Journal(Apr 26, 2016) The Noble Audio crown sits atop a rock-solid aluminum shell that is gently ridged around the sides and feels like it could last a lifetime. The Verge(Apr 22, 2016) adj having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship Syn carinate, carinated, keeled |
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