Protuberant
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[编辑] 解释
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- adj.突出的, 隆起的
- ［英］ adj.突出的, 隆起的 ( thrusting out; prominent)
- ［类］ 反义词: depressed ( 下陷的)
- ［记］ pro ( 向前) ＋tuber ( 块茎) ＋ant -> 块茎突出
- ［同］ 派生词: protuberance ( n.节疤, 凸出)
- ［例］ protuberant ankles ( 突出的脚踝)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Etymology: Late Latin protuberant-, protuberans, present participle of protuberare to bulge out, from Latin pro- forward + tuber excrescence, swelling; perhaps akin to Latin tumēre to swell — more at thumb
- Date: 1646
- thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface often as a rounded mass ; prominent <protuberant eyes>
- ? protuberantly adverb
