单词 | oblongly |
释义 | oblonglyadv. Chiefly Botany. rare before 20th cent. So as to form an oblong; with an elongated form in the manner of an oblong. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [adverb] oblongly1650 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis Pref. Like a Ball of wax, oblongly spread. 1705 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Nat. Relig. iii. 176 Had the Globe..been either spherical, or oblongly spheroidical. 1938 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 25 12 Leaves opposite, not numerous, petiole only about 1–3 mm. long; blade oblongly elliptic or oblanceolate, at apex obtuse. 1987 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 74 1226/2 Leaves of D. ciliolata subsp. ciliolata x D. scabra subsp. scabra were stiff, ovate-lanceolate or oblongly linear-lanceolate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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