单词 | roundel |
释义 | roundel/ˈraʊnd(ə)l /noun 1A small disc, especially a decorative medallion.Antarctic veteran Bill Storer presents the roundel of Auster A11-201 to the director of the RAAF Museum, David Gardner....
1.1A picture or pattern contained in a circle: the calendar is painted with roundels of the Labours of the Months...
1.2 Heraldry A plain filled circle as a charge (often with a special name according to colour).The film actually showed the colours of the roundel, which were unmistakably British, the unique undercarriage design of the Harrier, its name - Harrier - and its serial number....
1.3A circular identifying mark painted on military aircraft, as, for example, the red, white, and blue of the RAF.‘I think the big Air Force roundels on the wings look quite spectacular and that came from the Air Force design,’ he said....
2A short poem consisting of three stanzas of three lines each, rhyming alternately, with the opening words repeated as a refrain after the first and third stanzas. The form, a variant of the rondeau, was developed by Swinburne.Swinburne commanded an impressive variety of verse forms, writing in classical metres, composing burlesques, modern and mock-antique ballads, roundels, etc. OriginMiddle English: from Old French rondel, from ro(u)nd- (see round). Rhymes |
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