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

单词

antipodal

释义

antipodes /an-tipˈə-dēz or anˈti-pō-dēz/

plural noun (sing (rare) antipode /anˈti-pōd/)

(also sing; sometimes with cap) Australia and New Zealand, as being diametrically opposite to Great Britain or Europe on the surface of the globe
Orig those who live on the other side of the globe, or on opposite sides (literally, standing feet to feet; obsolete)
A point or place diametrically opposite to another on the surface of the earth or of any globular body or sphere
A pair of points or places so related to each other
The exact opposite of a person or a thing

ORIGIN: Gr antipodes, pl of antipous with feet opposite, from pous, podos a foot

antipˈodal or (esp of Australia and New Zealand, sometimes with cap) antipodēˈan adjective

antipodal cells plural noun (botany)

In flowering plants, three cells in the embryo-sac at the end remote from the micropyle, representing the prothallus

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