单词 | trifid |
释义 | trifid/ˈtrʌɪfɪd /adjective 1chiefly Biology Partly or wholly split into three divisions or lobes.The suture is quadrilobate and of modest complexity, with two trifid lobes represented on the flanks, margined by bifid saddles....
2 (also trefid) (Of an antique spoon) with three notches splitting the end of the handle.The trefid pattern tea spoons are mostly inverted and we see no indication of any spoon tray, or silver sugar longs, for the page is using his fingers to dispense the lumps of sugar....
OriginMid 18th century: from Latin trifidus, from tri- 'three' + fid- 'split, divided' (from the verb findere). |
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