单词 | interstice |
释义 | interstice —intersticed, adj. /in terr"stis/, n. , pl. interstices /-steuh seez', -steuh siz/. 1. an intervening space. 2. a small or narrow space or interval between things or parts, esp. when one of a series of alternating uniform spaces and parts: the interstices between the slats of a fence. 3. Rom. Cath. Ch. the interval of time that must elapse, as required by canon law, before promotion to a higher degree of orders. 4. an interval of time. [1595-1605; < L interstitium, equiv. to interstit-, var. s. of intersistere to stand or put between + -ium -IUM] |
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