单词 | circumvallate |
释义 | circumvallateadj. Surrounded as with a rampart; spec. in Physiology applied to the large papillæ on the back of the tongue, each of which has a kind of entrenchment round it. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [adjective] > outer covering > surrounded as by a rampart circumvallate1661 obvallate1846 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. B5 Their finns are foure, two in the prone part, two in the supine, & circumvallate round. 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 860/1 The circumvallate papillæ..are restricted to a small space at the base of the tongue. 1881 St. G. Mivart Cat vi. 172 The circumvallate papillæ, each of which consists of a flattened prominence..with a sort of trench round it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). circumvallatev. a. transitive. To surround with a rampart or entrenchment. ΚΠ 1860 G. A. Sala Lady Chesterfield's Lett. iv. 59 A fortress to be circumvallated. 1884 A. E. Hake Story Chinese Gordon vi. 128 The walls were circumvallated by a ditch. b. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > protect or surround with rampart [verb (transitive)] rampire1550 berampier1582 rampart1585 mound1600 circumvall1623 circumvallate1823 1823 New Monthly Mag. 7 45 The impenetrable barrier of..self-love that circumvallated his heart. 1829 C. Welch Wesl. Polity 243 [Conference] thus circumvallated and inaccessible. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. iv. 35 Circumvallated month by month. Derivatives circumvallating adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [adjective] > surrounding with rampart circumvallating1884 1884 C. Rogers Social Life Scotl. I. i. 27 Five circumvallating walls were not uncommon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1661v.1823 |
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