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单词 kern
释义

kern1 /kûrn/ (printing)

noun

Part of a type that projects beyond the body and rests on an adjoining letter

transitive verb
  1. To give (a typeface) a kern
  2. To adjust (esp by reduction) the space between characters in (a typeface or piece of writing)
ORIGIN: Fr carne a projecting angle, from L cardō, -inis

kernˈing noun

kern2 or kerne /kûrn/

noun
  1. An Irish or highland foot soldier (historical)
  2. A troop of such (historical)
  3. A peasant, a boor (obsolete)
ORIGIN: From Ir, from OIr; see cateran

kerˈnish adjective

kern4 /kûrn/

intransitive verb

To granulate

ORIGIN: Cf corn1

kirn1 /kirn/ or kern /kern or kûrn/ (Scot)

noun
  1. The cutting of the last sheaf or handful of the harvest
  2. A harvest home
ORIGIN: Origin unknown

kirnˈ-baˈby, cornˈ-baˈby, kirnˈ-dollˈie, cornˈ-dollˈie or cornˈ-maiden noun

  1. A dressed-up figure made of the last handful of corn cut
  2. (esp corn-dollie) any of a number of straw decorations usu of traditional design

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