| 单词 |
crested |
| 释义 |
crested, ppl. a.|ˈkrɛstɪd|
Also 6 creasted, 6–8 cristed.
[f. crest n. and v. + -ed. Cf. OF. cresté, L. cristātus.]
1. Furnished, topped, or adorned with a crest; wearing or having a crest.
c1380Sir Ferumb. 4541 With an hard crested serpentis fel. 1481Caxton Myrr. ii. xvi. 102 The huppe or lapwynche is a byrde crested. c1620Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 135 With cristed plumes they fiercely other smite. 1667Milton P.L. vii. 443 The crested Cock. 1810Scott Lady of L. i. Introd. ii, Fair dames and crested chiefs. 1851C. L. Smith tr. Tasso ii. lxxxiv, This makes the billow smooth its crested head.
b. spec. Applied to many species of animals and plants distinguished by a crest; = L. cristatus, -a.
1796Stedman Surinam II. xxvii. 300 The crested eagle. 1802Bingley Anim. Biog. (1813) II. 347 The Crested Penguins are inhabitants of several of the South Sea islands. 1861Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. VI. 98 Crested Dog's-tail. 1882Garden 16 Sept. 258/3 The Crested Male Fern.
c. fig. (Cf. crest n.1 1 b.)
1618Bolton Florus iv. ix. 307 The miserable overthrow of Crassus made the Parthians higher crested. 1757Gray Bard i. i, The crested pride Of the first Edward.
2. Her. Having a crest of a different tincture from that of the body.
1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 60 b, A Basiliske displayed, Emeraude, cristed, Saphire. 1766–87Porny Her. Gloss.
†3. Having raised lines or striæ,ribbed. Obs.
1578Lyte Dodoens i. xxx. 42 The stalkes [of Rhubarb] are straked and crested. 1834J. R. Planché Brit. Costume 268 Mandillians..some plaited and crested [striped] behind.
4. Having a raised ridge. (See crest n. 9.)
1857Henfrey Bot. Index, Crested petals. 1856A. R. Wallace in Huxley Man's Place Nat. i. (1863) 40–1 Single-crested and double-crested skulls. |
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