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almond-shaped

/ah-muhnd-sheypt, am-uhnd-; spelling pronunciation al-muhnd-sheypt/US // ˈɑ məndˌʃeɪpt, ˈæm ənd-; spelling pronunciation ˈæl məndˌʃeɪpt //

杏仁形,杏仁状,杏仁型,杏形

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having an oval shape usually pointed at one or both ends.

Examples

  • The religion shaped all facets of life: art, medicine, literature, and even dynastic politics.

  • Hitchcock's sensibility was being shaped by the German Expressionist masters.

  • How has your experience been shaped by digital encounters and the social web?

  • In addition, several detainees were led to believe they would die in custody, with one told he would leave in a coffin-shaped box.

  • It was a strangely shaped block, due to the area once being underwater, and he took it home with him to examine closer.

  • They are succeeded by kidney shaped capsules of a brown color.

  • There is an odd triangular-shaped hill that rises on one side very boldly and abruptly, called the Fox's Head.

  • Those varieties of the plant with heart-shaped leaves have paniculated flowers with unequal cups.

  • It was piteous to see how in these intervals his delusions were always shaped by the bitterest experiences of his life.

  • In one, which occurs not infrequently, a thickened arm is made to expand into something like a fan-shaped hand, as in Fig. 18.