A winding or sinuosity; spec. an undulation or gentle curve of the ground; a slight hill or hollow; the general grouping of heights and hollows.
| 单词 | θ98732 |
| 释义 | the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > winding curve(s) (51) folda1250 A winding or sinuosity; spec. an undulation or gentle curve of the ground; a slight hill or hollow; the general grouping of heights and hollows. windinga1387 A curved, sinuous, or meandering line, path, passage, or the like; esp. plural meanderings, twists and turns. wrinkling1387 A twisting or coiling; a sinuosity. Obsolete. revolution?a1425 A convolution; a twist, a turn; a loop. Obsolete. wrinkle1430 A sinuous or tortuous movement, formation, etc.; a winding or curving; a sinuosity. Obsolete. crink1567 A twist, bend, or crook. Cf. crank, n.2 1. crank1572 A crook, bend, winding, meandering; a winding or crooked path, course, or channel. cringle-crangle1573 A zigzag; a mass of twists and turns. Also figurative. crinkle1596 A twist, a bend; a wrinkle or crease on the surface of something. crankle1598 A bend, twist, winding; a curve or angular prominence. See also crinkle-crankle, n. adj. crinkle-crankle1598 A winding in and out, a zigzag. Also (as a mass noun): sinuosity; intricacy, complexity; convolution. Now rare. meander1603 A winding course. concrete. A crooked or winding path (of a maze); a labyrinthine passage; a winding or convolution (of a vein, fissure, line, etc.)… anfractuosity1612 A winding or sinuous route or passage (chiefly in plural); a turn, a bend; a fissure, a crevice. Also occasionally as a mass noun: the quality of… ins and outs1655 In plural. ins and outs: windings or turnings in and out; devious or tortuous turns to and fro in a road, a course of action, etc.; (in extended… sinuationa1676 A winding or bending in and out; a sinuosity. insinuationa1684 A winding or twisting. anfractus1719 A winding or sinuous passage or course; a turn, bend, or curve; (sometimes) spec. a sulcus of the brain (cf. anfractuosity, n. 1b). Cf. anfractuosity… sinuosity1720 (Chiefly plural) A curve or bend, esp. one of a series. flexuosity1737 The quality or condition of being flexuous; an instance of this; a winding. evolution1765 The action or process of developing in detail what is implicit in an idea or principle; the development of an argument, design, etc. cringle1808 English regional. = crinkle, n.1 1. Obsolete. wriggle1825 A sinuous or tortuous formation, marking, etc.; a wriggling or meandering course. voluminosity1841 The fact of turning or winding; an instance of this. squiggle1902 A wriggly twist or curve; esp. a wavy or twisting line drawn on a surface. Subcategories:— quality or condition (6) — thing having (21) |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095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。