请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 bidental
释义 I. bidental, a.|baɪˈdɛntəl|
[f. L. bident-em (see prec.) + -al1.]
‘Belonging to a Fork, or Instrument with two teeth.’ Bullokar, 1676.
II. biˈdental, n. Rom. Antiq.
[L. bidental, f. bident-em (see bident), according to some called from the forked lightning (see bidental = fulmen bifidum in Du Cange), according to others from the bidens or sheep sacrificed at its consecration.]
A place struck by lightning, consecrated by the haruspices, and enclosed. Also fig.
1692Coles, Bidental..also a place where sheep were sacrificed.1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., Festus represents the bidental as a temple, where sheep of two years old were offered in sacrifice.1794Mathias Purs. Lit. (1798) 29, I would only set up the bidental at the bookseller's door at Wimbledon.1873Blackmore Cradock N. xxvii, The scene of his ruin and despair,—the ‘bidental’ of his destiny.
随便看

 

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/5 17:24:22