单词 | flattened |
释义 | flattenedadj. In senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > [adjective] > made broad and flat flatted1578 flattened1796 pancaked1909 the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > convex > having little convexity plaina1393 flat1728 flattened1833 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [adjective] > low > lowered by semitone molla1450 flatted1938 flattened1948 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 113 Long slender thread-shaped but flattened leaves. 1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 39 The bridge is composed of fifteen flattened arches. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man ii. 27 Its shape is that of a flattened cone. 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 290 Rings, of which the outer at least consist of broad flattened pieces. 1929 St. J. Ervine First Mrs. Fraser i. 9 Ninian..has a conventional English public school accent; colourless, unvaried, with flattened vowels and elided consonants. 1948 Penguin Music Mag. Feb. 45 Its typical scale includes the flattened third and flattened seventh (over~flattened by any characteristic Blues singer). 1968 Gloss. Terms Mechanized & Hand Sheet Metal Work (B.S.I.) 28 Flattened can, a complete unflanged can body. 1969 C. Booker Neophiliacs iii. 68 The ‘blue notes’ and ‘flattened chords’..which provide sensations in jazz. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1796 |
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