释义 |
clinecline /klaɪn/ noun [countable] technical  clineOrigin: 1900-2000 Greek klinein ‘to lead’ - However, the further rightwards along the cline a metaphor is located, the greater is the potential for multiple interpretations.
- In other words, the disposition of the reader is a factor in moving along the cline in either direction.
- The cline is represented in Figure 1.
- The colouring of Scandinavian cattle in the past was also characteristic in that many showed variations of the colour-sided cline.
a series of very small differences in a group of things of the same kind SYN continuum |