| 单词 | octagonal |
| 释义 | octagonal (once / 6505 pages) adj Anything that's octagonal has eight sides and eight angles. A stop sign has an octagonal shape, and so may your trampoline You can also call something that's octagonal an octagon. Octagonal buildings may be unusual, but you can find examples of them around the world — there are many churches and cathedrals with octagonal sections, for example. Both octagonal and octagon come from the Greek oktagononos, "eight-angled," from the roots okto, "eight," and gonia, "angle." WORD FAMILYoctagonal: octagonally+/octagon: octagonal, octagons USAGE EXAMPLESAn Otis resident even describes a listed property as an “octagonal tree house.” Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) The hearings, held in an octagonal room of a spa formerly owned by the ousted president’s wife, at times seemed almost unbearable for the audience. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) Accommodations range from simple rooms to gorgeous octagonal pagodas. Washington Post(Dec 08, 2016) adj of or relating to or shaped like an octagon Syn octangular |
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