单词 | revoluble |
释义 | revolubleadj. Able to revolve, revolving; rolling. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > revolving or rotating rolling?1518 turning1558 gyreful1566 gyring1590 revoluble1598 ambient?1614 vertiginous1680 revolving1681 rotating1757 veering1798 gyratory1815 peristrephic1816 peristrephical1827 gyral1828 gyrating1837 volutory1839 volvent1898 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades ii. 256 Us then, to whom the thrice three year Hath fill'd his revoluble orb since our arrival here. 1710 C. Place True Eng. Revolutionist iv. 51 Putting us upon the Principles of Resistance..is putting us on such Revoluble Terms, that God knows how soon we may rowl back again. 1767 W. L. Lewis tr. Statius Thebaid I. 170 Sad Ixion's revoluble Wheel. 1875 L. Morris Children of Street ix Thus the revoluble Assonant echo Again they shout breathlessly. 1911 Times 19 Apr. 23/5 The end of the hub to which the outside spokes were attached was revoluble. 1946 Brit. Patent 576,979 1/1 This invention relates to washing or like machines used in laundries, and especially to machines in which the revoluble drum or cage is sub-divided into compartments. 1996 Lindbergia 21 104/1 Seta orange-brown 10-25 mm long..annulus revoluble. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1598 |
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