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单词 plummet-like
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plummet-likeadj.adv.

Brit. /ˈplʌmɪtlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈpləmətlaɪk/
Forms: see plummet n. and -like suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plummet n., -like suffix.
Etymology: < plummet n. + -like suffix.
Resembling a plummet. Also as adv.
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plummet-like1605
semilunar1681
cordated1698
cordate1760
obcordate1775
club-shaped1776
flabelliform1777
obovate1785
button-shaped1791
clavate1803
placentiform?a1808
obovoid1819
valviform1819
constricted1826
vulviform1829
mitrate1836
bipenniform1842
sandaliform1848
scopiform1852
obclavate1856
obcordiform1857
oboval1857
utriform1860
broadsword-shaped1870
placentoid1885
hypsiloid1886
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 494 Pale Phlegme, moist Autumne, Water moistly-cold, The Plommet-like-smooth-sliding Tennor hold.
1616 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads in Whole Wks. xxiv. 328 Plummet-like, put in an oxes horne That beares death to the raw-fed fish.
1870 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 321/2 Women of education and some breeding..seldom descend with the plummet-like promptness of men.
1885 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 1 110 We have exactly the use of these plummet-like stones as explained by the Santa Barbara Indians.
1946 W. C. Williams Paterson i. §i Instead of descending with a plummet-like fall his body wavered in the air.
1965 Amer. Antiq. 31 291/2 The lowermost deposits were characterized by plummetlike grooved cobbles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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