单词 | gestatory |
释义 | gestatoryadj. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > neck ornaments > [adjective] > having neck ornament carcaneteda1652 gestatorya1682 bullated1698 locketed1871 a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 90 The Crowns and Garlands of the Ancients were either Gestatory, such as they wore about their Heads and Necks [etc.]. 1882 Antiq. May 187 Gestatory garlands worn round the neck. b. Of or pertaining to carrying as a form of exercise. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > exercise > [adjective] > specific exercises breatheda1425 gestatory1804 1804 Edinb. Rev. 4 190 We shall now take leave of Dr. Jackson and his gestatory plan of cure. Draft additions 1993Now usually with pronunciation 2. Of the nature of gestation; gestational. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adjective] > relating to gestative1828 gestate1854 gestatory1889 gestational1896 antenatal1910 prenatal1914 progestational1923 progestogenic1948 1889 in Cent. Dict. 1965 F. Sargeson Mem. Peon iv. 86 I have noticed..that the gestatory period is quite biological. 1970 B. Brewster tr. L. Althusser & E. Balibar Reading Capital i. xvii. 60 In gestatory sciences, and a fortiori in regions still dominated by an ideological ‘knowledge’, the intervention of other practices often plays a determinant critical role which may even be revolutionary. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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。