| 单词 | salient |
| 释义 | salient —saliently, adv. /say"lee euhnt, sayl"yeuhnt/, adj. 1. prominent or conspicuous: salient traits. 2. projecting or pointing outward: a salient angle. 3. leaping or jumping: a salient animal. 4. Heraldry. (of a beast) represented as leaping: a lion salient. n. 5. a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line. 6. Physical Geog. a landform that extends out beyond its surroundings, as a spur projecting from the side of a mountain. Cf. reentrant (def. 4). [1555-65; < L salient- (s. of saliens, prp. of salire to spring, jump), equiv. to sali- verb s. + -ent- -ENT] Syn. 1. important; striking, remarkable. Ant. 1. inconspicuous, unimportant. |
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