英语词汇“salient”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	salient
释义	sa·lient I. \-nt\ adjective Etymology: Latin salient-, saliens, present participle of salire to leap, spring — more at sally 1. or saliant heraldry, of a beast a. : rampant but leaning forward as if leaping b. : being in a leaping position with both hind feet on the ground 2. : moving by leaps or springs : jumping < a salient animal > < a salient fish > specifically : of or relating to the Salientia < a salient amphibian > 3. : spouting forth : jetting upward < a salient spring > < a salient fountain > 4. a. : projecting above or beyond a general line, surface, or level : jutting upward or outward : protuberant < his nose was salient and pointed — Elinor Wylie > < not on th level ground but on a salient corner … of earth — Thomas Hardy > b. : standing out conspicuously : prominent, striking < salient features > < salient traits > < will suffice to give its salient points only — Review of Religion > < pick the salient details out of dull verbiage — J.P.Marquand > Synonyms: see noticeable II. noun (-s) 1. : salient angle; specifically : an offensive bulge into enemy-held territory < salients … so arranged that any one bastion could come to the aid of another by means of cross fire — Lewis Mumford > < a front line … has salients and reentrants all along its length, depending on the progress of the fighting at different points — Infantry Journal > 2. : something (as a promontory or cape along a shoreline or an abrupt change in the profile of a stream course) that projects outward or upward from its surroundings
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