| 单词 |
flexed |
| 释义 |
flexed, ppl. a.|flɛkst|
[f. flex v. + -ed1.]
a. Bent. Now only Her. and in scientific use. flexed and reflexed (Her.), having the two extremities curved in opposite directions, like the letter S.
1572[see flex v.]. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xiii. (1611) 125 The proboscide Trunke..of an Elephant in pale Couped Flexed and reflexed after the forme of a roman S. 1632Lithgow Trav. vii. 334 Upon my flexed knees. 1828–40Berry Encycl. Herald I, Flexed, bent or bowed, somewhat circular. 1863Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. xi. §1. 59 Three Legs, armed, proper..flexed in a triangle. 1880Huxley Crayfish iii. 99 When the abdomen is completely flexed.
b. Archæol. Of a corpse: buried with the legs drawn up under the chin. Hence also of a burial in which the corpse is in this position.
1915A. Keith Antiquity of Man vi. 117 The body had been laid on its back,..with knees, thighs, and elbows flexed. 1934V. G. Childe New Light Most Anc. East ix. 274 The bodies had been interred extended or flexed. 1952[see extended ppl. a. 1 b]. 1959J. D. Clark Prehist. S. Afr. ix. 249 The burial at Driekops Eiland was flexed, lying on its side and facing south. |
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