| 单词 | lineament |
| 释义 | lineament[ lin-ee-uh-muhnt ] / ˈlɪn i ə mənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lineament ON THESAURUS.COM nounOften lineaments. a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour: His fine lineaments made him the very image of his father. Usually lineaments. distinguishing features; distinctive characteristics: the lineaments of sincere repentance. Geology. a linear topographic feature of regional extent that is believed to reflect underlying crustal structure. Origin of lineamentFirst recorded in 1450–1500; late Middle English, from Latin līneāmentum “a stroke, line (made with a pen, chalk, etc.)”; plural, “features, drawings,” equivalent to līneā(re) “to reduce to a straight line, draw or trace lines,” (derivative of līnea; see line1) + -mentum-ment OTHER WORDS FROM lineamentlin·e·a·men·tal [lin-ee-a-men-tl], /ˌlɪn i æˈmɛn tl/, adjectivelin·e·a·men·ta·tion, nounWords nearby lineamentlinea, linea alba, linea aspera, lineage, lineal, lineament, line angle, linea nigra, linear, Linear A, linear accelerator Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lineamentBritish Dictionary definitions for lineamentlineament / (ˈlɪnɪəmənt) / noun (often plural)a facial outline or feature a distinctive characteristic or feature geology any long natural feature on the surface of the earth, such as a fault, esp as revealed by aerial photography Derived forms of lineamentlineamental (ˌlɪnɪəˈmɛntəl), adjectiveWord Origin for lineamentC15: from Latin: line, from līneāre to draw a line Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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