| 单词 | recurved |
| 释义 | recurved, ppl. a.|rɪˈkɜːvd|
[f. recurve v. + -ed1.]
a. Bent back; having a backward curve. (Common esp. in scientific use.)
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. lf. xvj b/2 The recurvede Needle for the sutures of the face. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 127 Having a short recurved body..and a short tail. 1715Desaguliers Fires Impr. 107 A recurv'd Canal with several turnings. 1785Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxi. (1794) 297 Aconite has two recurved pedunculate nectaries. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 548 The recurved tube must be dipped..under the surface of the tarry liquid. 1870Yeats Nat. Hist. Comm. 265 The common dog is distinguished from the wolf and jackal by its recurved tail. 1925E. H. Wilson Lilies E. Asia 23 Flowers white, fragrant, funnel-shape, dilated, more or less recurved at the apex. 1936D. Wilkie Gentians vi. 33 The calyx is tubular, and the lobes..are ovate and recurved. 1961J. E. Collin Brit. Flies VI. i. 71 Proboscis not very stout nor much recurved. 1980Plantsman I. 251 Both [lilies]..have delicate pendant flowers with slightly recurved petals.
b. In plant-names: (see quots.).
1820T. Green Universal Herbal II. 860/1 Ribes recurvatum, Recurved Black Currant. 1877S. C. Ferns Brit. Isles 27 Lastrea Fœnisecii (The Recurved Fern). |
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