单词 | virage |
释义 | viragen. A sharp bend in a road or other route, esp. one of a series forming a zigzag, as on a steep hill, etc.; a sharp turn made by a vehicle, etc., as when negotiating such a bend. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > on road roadwork1756 virage1963 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > bend jamb1567 right1735 bend1803 lacet1847 hairpin bend1906 Z-bend1958 right-hander1963 virage1963 left-hander1964 the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > sudden or complete change > [noun] leapc1000 lope14.. revolution?a1439 reverse?1492 metamorphosis1548 transformation1581 earthquake1592 upside down1593 metamorphose1608 sea-changea1616 peritropea1656 transilience1657 transiliency1661 saltus1665 catastrophe1696 peristrophe1716 transiliency1769 upheaving1821 upset1822 saltation1844 shake1847 upheaval1850 cataclysm1861 shake-out1939 virage1989 1963 Water Skier Spring 12/2 Carry out series of connected virages across wakes on mono ski. 1968 V. Canning Melting Man iv. 89 It was a small, rough road, doubling back..and then climbing steeply..by way of a series of virages that made me keep my eyes strictly on the road. 1977 G. Nicholson Great Bike Race (1978) ix. 105 Each bend has a signpost, counting down from virage 20 at the bottom, which tells you the altitude and helpfully points the way to the nearest telephone. 1989 Guardian 18 July 39/5 The recording that apparently survives of Stravinsky conducting the Rite with another (French) orchestra and barely keeping the performance on the road, what with his rhythmical virages, nids de poule, and chute[s] de pierres. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1963 |
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