| 单词 | free-standing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfree-standing free-standing adj. (a) standing alone; not attached or connected to another structure; not supported by a structural framework; (b) figurative independent or autonomous; not belonging to a larger entity. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > absence of support > [adjective] > held up without support poised1596 balanced1611 self-poised1621 self-sustained1675 suspended1817 free-standing1837 self-standing1871 1837 Milwaukee Advertiser 6 May They are hereby authorized to build or cause to be built, a free standing or floating bridge, across Root River, at Racine. 1865 Anthropol. Rev. 3 217 Free standing processus papillares, of which the author possesses only one clear example. 1876 J. Fergusson Hist. Indian Archit. i. v. 121 A free-standing building. 1936 Archit. Rev. 79 14 (caption) It shows the free-standing structural column which occurs in the hall of each flat. 1964 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 64 No. 8. (At Press Time section) 8 Nursing homes, homes for the aged, and free-standing clinics. 1985 Times 11 Jan. 13/4 Freestanding art schools are becoming a rare and endangered species in this country. 1994 Toronto Star 25 June h4/4 There's a freestanding masonry wall. 2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) xv. 304 They have been unwilling to create a free-standing privacy law out of the Human Rights Act. < as lemmas |
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