| 释义 |
flattened, ppl. a.|ˈflæt(ə)nd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
In senses of the verb.
1796Withering Brit. Plants IV. 113 Long slender thread-shaped but flattened leaves. 1833L. Ritchie Wand. by Loire 39 The bridge is composed of fifteen flattened arches. 1863Lyell Antiq. Man ii. 27 Its shape is that of a flattened cone. 1884Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 290 Rings, of which the outer at least consist of broad flattened pieces. 1929St. John Ervine First Mrs. Fraser i. 9 Ninian..has a conventional English public school accent; colourless, unvaried, with flattened vowels and elided consonants. 1948Penguin Music Mag. Feb. 45 Its typical scale includes the flattened third and flattened seventh (over⁓flattened by any characteristic Blues singer). 1968Gloss. Terms Mechanized & Hand Sheet Metal Work (B.S.I.) 28 Flattened can, a complete unflanged can body. 1969[see blue a. 3 d].
fig.1874Geo. Eliot Coll. Breakf. P. 621 Is wisdom flattened sense and mere distaste? |