单词 | heart-shaped |
释义 | heart-shapedadj. Having the shape of a heart, especially in the conventional form (see heart n. 24); spec. (of a leaf) cordate. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > heart-shaped heartlike1600 heart-shaped1740 cordiform1754 cordate1760 hearted1761 cardioid1826 1740 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (new ed.) at Ketmia Ketmia Americana... American Ketmia, with a very large heart-shaped Leaf, and a variable Flower. 1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) Gloss. 408 Cordatum folium, the Heart-shaped Leaf. 1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 101 Heart-shaped and triply folded, and its root Creeping like beaded coral. 1866 C. M. Yonge Dove in Eagle's Nest (1880) i. 2 The heart-shaped shepherd's purse. 1912 C. Mackenzie Carnival xv. 155 You do look like a Dresden shepherdess with your heart-shaped face and slanting eyes. 1963 Times 20 May 15/3 A range of pretty reproduction chairs with heart-shaped backs. 1998 A. L. Luthi Sentimental Jewellery 8/2 (caption) A mid-eighteenth-century heart-shaped pendant with a white enamel ribbon-scrolled frame. 2011 Independent 8 July (Viewspaper section) 6/5 The glossy heart-shaped leaves are fantastically set off by the big white blossoms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1740 |
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