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单词 seven-stringed
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seven-stringed
C2. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘that has seven ——’, by combining with a noun + -ed, as in seven-cornered, seven-headed, seven-membered, seven-pointed, seven-sided, seven-stringed, etc. See also seven-hilled adj., seven-leagued adj.
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxviii. 1370 The fyue-cornered figure conteyneþ fyue triangles, and..þe seuen-cornered figure seuene.
?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. xxi. sig. Pj Let ABCDEFG represent an irregular Pollygonium, or seuen sided peece of ground, which I would diuide with streight lines.
1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xv. 103 He is said..to haue the seuen fourmed spirit [L. septiformem spiritum], whom he also powreth out vpon the faithful.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. xii. 438 A knop, flower, bowle, or almond of the seven-branched candle-stick.
1753 D. Henry Hist. Descr. Tower of London 37 On one Side of this Figure is the Representation of..a Hydra, or Seven-headed Monster.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 682 The implement..is now very frequently used with five tines, in place of the original seven-tined implement.
1898 J. A. Mathews Action Nitrils upon Aromatic Acids ii. 22 Diphenimid is interesting in that it furnishes an example of a seven-membered ring containing nitrogen.
1926 T. H. Savory Brit. Spiders v. 45 The legs are seven-jointed, each consisting of a coxa, trochanter, femur, patella, tibia, metatarsus, and tarsus.
1965 J. A. Michener Source (1966) 251 He carried a small seven-stringed lyre made of fir wood trimmed with antique bronze and strung with twisted sheep's gut.
2020 Sunshine Coast Daily (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 20 June 22 Because of an influx of counterfeit $50 notes in circulation, police are urging people to check security features on the notes including a seven-pointed star and the Australian coat of arms.
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