英语词汇“jigsaw”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	jigsaw
释义	jigsaw I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun Etymology: jig (I) + saw 1. a. : a machine saw with a narrow vertically reciprocating blade for cutting curved and irregular lines or ornamental patterns in openwork b. : scroll saw 2. : jigsaw puzzle < broken up like a jigsaw loose in its box — Wright Morris > < as the pieces of the jigsaw are fitted together — Economist > II. transitive verb 1. : to cut or form by or as if by a jigsaw < coat and skirt jigsawed out of her deceased father's Sunday suit — Francis & Katharine Drake > 2. : to arrange or place in an intricate or interlocking way in the manner of the parts of a jigsaw puzzle < giant industrial plants jigsawed together — Cameron Hawley > < the place was full of planes, jigsawed into every foot of space — Frank Harvey > III. adjective 1. : made up of pieces cut by a jigsaw 2. a. : consisting of intricate scrollwork < jigsaw detail around the eaves and windows > < gables decorated with jigsaw frills — American Guide Series: Tennessee > b. : marked by the use of intricate scrollwork as decoration < ornamental architecture of the jigsaw period — W.A.White > c. (1) : suggesting intricate scrollwork < its spectacular jigsaw pattern of islands and inland waterways — W.R.Moore > < driving through its jigsaw streets — Kamala Markandaya > < transactions … of jigsaw complexity — Lamp > (2) : suggesting a jigsaw puzzle or its separate pieces < the witness may get history across at last in jigsaw bits — Mitchell Dawson >
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