单词 | interpend |
释义 | † interpendadj. Obsolete. rare. Shut in, confined, or enclosed between. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > [adjective] > enclosed or confined > between interpend1621 inwedged1875 1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis iv. 102 Thus, while they [the Meneïdes] corners seeke, thin films extend From lightned lims, with small beams inter-pend [L. tenuesque includunt brachia pennæ]. [The ‘small beams’ are the long slender metacarpal bones between which the ‘thin film’ of a bat's wing is stretched.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1621 |
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