“obtruncate”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

obtruncate

释义

▪ I. obˈtruncate, ppl. a.
[ad. L. obtruncāt-us, pa. pple. of obtruncāre: see next.]
Cut short.
1805London Cries 34 Those props, on which the knees obtruncate stand, That crutch ill-wielded in the widow'd hand.
▪ II. obtruncate, v.|əbˈtrʌŋkeɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of L. obtruncāre to cut off, lop away, f. ob- (ob- 1 b, c) + truncāre to cut off, maim.]
trans. To cut or lop off the head or top of; to top, decapitate. Hence obˈtruncated ppl. a., obtrunˈcation.
1623Cockeram, Obtruncate, to cut off ones head. Obtruncation, a cutting off.1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 465 The Female [Viper] satiated with pleasure obtruncates the male.1762Sterne Tr. Shandy V. iii, The proudest pyramid of them all..has lost its apex, and stands obtruncated in the traveller's horizon.1863Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 66 Rustic chairs..ponderously fashioned out of the stumps of obtruncated trees.

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