| 释义 |
ridgy, a.|ˈrɪdʒɪ|
[f. ridge n.1 + -y.]
Rising in ridges, or after the manner of a ridge.
1697Dryden Virg. Georg. i. 599 Ridgy Roofs and Tiles. ― æneid iii. 739 To Heav'n aloft on ridgy waves we ride. 1718Rowe tr. Lucan iv. 251 Long rows of ridgy mountains run behind. 1783W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. II. 139 Cleves..is said to derive its name from its ridgy situation. 1791W. Bartram Carolina 182 A very ridgy horny cartilage. 1810Crabbe Borough i. 182 Faint, lazy waves o'ercreep the ridgy sand. 1849Ruskin Sev. Lamps iii. §xxii. 89 A low ridgy process is seen emerging along the outer edge of the cylindrical shaft. 1880I. L. Bird Japan I. 314 The back bones of all [the horses] are ridgy.
Comb.1872Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lakes 334 To the right of Skiddaw is..the ridgy-fronted Blencathara.
Hence ˈridgyness.
1872C. King Sierra Nevada v. 100 The eye..took cognizance of a certain ridgyness of surface. |