| 单词 |
glabrous |
| 释义 |
glabrous, a.|ˈgleɪbrəs|
[f. L. glaber without hair, smooth, bald (see glad) + -ous.]
Free from hair, down, or the like; having a smooth skin or surface. Now only as a scientific term.
1640Wilkins New Planet viii. (1707) 224 If the Concavity of the Moon's Orb..is of so smooth and glabrous a Superficies. 1664Evelyn Sylva (1679) 30 The French Elm, whose leaves are..more florid, glabrous and smooth. 1776Withering Brit. Plants (1830) II. 387 Anthriscus. Beak shorter than the seeds, glabrous. 1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 290 The body of the insects of this genus is..glabrous. 1854R. G. Latham Native Races Russian Emp. 135 Whenever any nation..presents a notable amount of flattened faces, glabrous skins [etc]. 1872Oliver Elem. Bot. i. i. 5 Foliage-leaves..may be hairy, or nearly glabrous, that is, destitute of hairs. 1879J. M. Duncan Lect. Dis. Women xxiv. (1889) 196 She was suffering from a glabrous mucous cyst.
b. Humorously used for: Smooth.
1860O. W. Holmes Elsie V. xii. (1891) 166 Two or three notabilities of Rockland, with geoponic eyes, and glabrous, bumpless foreheads. |
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