单词 | protended |
释义 | > as lemmasproˈtended proˈtended adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > [adjective] > specific part of body > forward protensed1578 protended1816 1604 W. Willymat Loyal Subiects Looking-glasse (new ed.) ii. 26 In the meane time none of these by matters nor hoate protended excuses can discharge thy duty and obedience. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 243 They lie protected there, By her large Buckler, and protended Spear. a1740 T. Tickell Fragm. on Hunting in Poet. Wks. (1781) 74 Such be the dog..thou mean'st to train,..Large leg'd, dry sol'd, and of protended claw. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxi. 224 The terrific and protended jaws of the stag-beetle. 1875 W. W. Lloyd Age of Pericles II. lvii. 305 The features of the warrior were so far concealed by his protended spear as perhaps to make the likeness a matter of conjecture. 1904 Burlington Mag. Jan. 53/1 The characteristic action of the protended foreleg and the pose of the hind leg, as well as the treatment of the hair, find their exact counterpart in medal and drawing. 1997 Ethnomusicology 41 472 It is this figure/ground relationship between present beat and the protended and retained beats that constitutes the experience of any beat as a quarter note and as a division of the bar. < as lemmas |
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