单词 | angustate |
释义 | angustateadj. Entomology and Botany. rare. Of a part of an insect or plant: having a narrow segment; narrow. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adjective] > having particular shape creviced1558 bladed1578 curled1578 purled1578 rank-toothed1578 fingered1597 cultellated1657 pounced1681 reduced1682 cuspidate1693 frontated1719 cuspidated1731–7 subrotund1753 acerose1760 hastate1760 involute1760 oblique1760 acerousc1789 strap-spear-shaped1796 immarginate1800 submarginate1807 replicate1812 toothleted1812 angustate1826 palaceous1832 bicrenate1835 basisolute1847 replicative1852 frontate1855 hastile1857 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 260 Angustate..Disproportionably narrow in part. 1940 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 66 61 The angustate to strongly swollen antennal scapes and the extraordinarily short interantennal distance..serve as the most distinctive feature of [Belomicrus] sechi. 2002 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 89 153/2 Suberanthus was recognized by its septicidal capsules, reticulate pollen, and a coriaceous corolla with thickened, angustate throat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † angustatev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To narrow or constrict; to contract. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > lack of breadth or narrowness > make narrow [verb (transitive)] narrowa1400 strait1421 straiten1552 enstrait1581 angustate1615 nip1850 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια viii. 645 This Elision or breaking is made through the cleft when it is constringed and angustated or straightned by the articulation of the Arytanoides or Ewre-gristle and the Muscles. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια viii. 669 We doe angustate or strayten the apple of our eyes, least by the external light our internall spirits should be dissipated. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Rrrr3v It [sc. styptical unguent] stayes fluent humours, and angustates and constringes laxer parts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1826v.1615 |
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