| 单词 | gibbous |
| 释义 | gibbous (once / 36706 pages) 1adj 2adj WORD FAMILY gibbous: gibbosity, gibbousness+/gibbosity: gibbosities USAGE EXAMPLESThe moon will be a waning gibbous, which means that more than half of it will be shining. New York Times(Oct 20, 2016) Look in the eastern sky for a gibbous moon close to the orange star Aldebaran—the red eye of the constellation Taurus, the bull. National Geographic(Oct 01, 2016) Even the smallest of backyard telescopes will showcase both planets simultaneously and reveal Venus’ disk that resembles a miniature version of a gibbous moon. National Geographic(Aug 31, 2016) 1 adj characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column 2Syn crookback, crookbacked, humpbacked, humped, hunchbacked, kyphotic unfit not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition adj (used of the moon) more than half full Syn gibbose bulging, convex curving or bulging outward |
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