单词 | lineament |
释义 | lineament —lineamental /lin'ee a men"tl/, adj. —lineamentation, n. /lin"ee euh meuhnt/, n. 1. Often, lineaments. a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour: His fine lineaments made him the very image of his father. 2. Usually, lineaments. distinguishing features; distinctive characteristics: the lineaments of sincere repentance. 3. Geol. a linear topographic feature of regional extent that is believed to reflect underlying crustal structure. [1400-50; late ME < L lineamentum a stroke, pl., features, equiv. to linea(re) to draw a line (deriv. of linea; see LINE1) + -mentum -MENT] |
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