单词 | protuberate |
释义 | protuberatev. 1. intransitive. To be or become protuberant; to bulge out; to form a rounded prominence. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > be or become protuberant [verb (intransitive)] struta1300 bouge1398 embossc1430 bagc1440 bossc1449 bunch1495 bump1566 boin1567 protuberate1578 pagglea1592 bulch1611 extuberate1623 belly1627 heave1629 bulge1679 swell1679 bud1684 pod1806 bilge1849–52 sag1853 knucklec1862 poocha1903 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 26 The inner region..hath cauities..which on the outer side agayne do protuberate and giue forth. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 11 Hippocrates..writes, That the head sometimes doth more remarkably protuberate at the eares, then either forward or backward. 1671 Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2080 The parts of puppets protuberate, much like the budding of flowers. 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 126 We see the..Fore-legs half out, and the other just beginning to protuberate through the skin. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Outstand, to protuberate from the main body. 1787 J. Ledyard Jrnl. in Journey through Russia (1966) 179 Universally the Nose protuberates but little from the face. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 735 Mesenteric enlargement..felt in the form of knots protuberating in the abdomen. 1850 Sci. Amer. 12 Oct. 26/2 The superabundant matter protuberated, and formed ridges of hills. 1921 E. Westermarck Hist. Human Marriage (ed. 5) III. xvi. 564 The more the labia pudendi protuberate the more pleased they are. 2000 T. Robbins Fierce Invalids 362 The ricocheting bullet had grazed the old woman's nose, neatly slicing off..the double-dipped God-wart that for many decades had been protuberating there. 2. transitive. To cause to bulge out or project. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > make protuberant [verb (transitive)] bossc1380 embossc1475 bag1582 belly1609 womb?1623 bumpa1680 protuberate1778 bilge1808 hump1840 bulge1865 1778 E. M. da Costa Hist. Nat. Testaceorum Brit. 45/1 Round the bottom with a row of pretty large bumps or tubercles, which protuberate the said lower edges greatly. 1870 Punchinello 22 Oct. 52/2 The panier with which it pleases the ladies of the period to protuberate their persons was of Chinese origin. 1884 A. A. Watts Life Alaric Watts I. 302 The manly breast protuberated by waistcoats fashioned like a doublet. 2002 U.S. Patent 6,464,233 4 Further detent members or projections which are circumferentially arranged are protuberated or bent out from the surface. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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