单词 | obverse |
释义 | obverse n. /ob"verrs/; adj. /ob verrs", ob"verrs/, n. 1. the side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse). 2. the front or principal surface of anything. 3. a counterpart. 4. Logic. a proposition obtained from another by obversion. adj. 5. facing the observer. 6. corresponding to something else as a counterpart. 7. having the base narrower than the top, as a leaf. [1650-60; < L obversus turned toward or against (ptp. of obvertere), equiv. to ob- OB- + vert(ere) to turn + -tus ptp. suffix, with tt > s] |
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