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arc

/ahrk/US // ɑrk //UK // (ɑːk) //

弧线,弧形,弧度,电弧

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
    • : Also called electric arc. Electricity. a luminous bridge formed in a gap between two electrodes.Compare spark.
    • : Astronomy. the part of a circle representing the apparent course of a heavenly body.
    • : anything bow-shaped.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    arced [ahrkt] /ɑrkt/ or arcked, arc·ing [ahr-king] /ˈɑr kɪŋ/ or arck·ing.

    • : to form an electric arc.
    • : to move in a curve suggestive of an arc.

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Examples

  • Mitchell made 19 of his 33 shots from the field and six of 15 from behind the 3-point arc, and he paraded himself to the free-throw line 13 times, connecting on all 13 tries.

  • Harden’s teammates went 19 of 50 from beyond the arc, and the Rockets won the game.

  • The ones they’ve found shape an arc, not quite a full circle.

  • All societies are just snippets of “the great arc of potential human purposes and motivations,” Benedict once wrote.

  • This created an additional dim bow whose bottom hung below the primary arc.

  • How the polling firms and the media adjust to new realities also seems to be a rather long arc.

  • So the plan is for Ken to draw an arc with Dale doing covers, and then Dale does an arc with Ken doing covers.

  • A Molotov cocktail tumbled in an arc overhead and erupted briefly in a blaze.

  • The stream of bubbly from the popped champagne bottle creates an angelic arc over her, and lands right in the glass.

  • At this point in the arc, he doubts what Hershel is telling him.

  • In this position, the line of cavalry formed the chord of the arc described by the river, and occupied by us.

  • The sequestered spot, a seat beneath a plane tree, with a lonesome arc-lamp shining full upon it, was occupied.

  • She looked very haggard and helpless beneath the blue arc-lights.

  • He threw the ship like a giant shell in a screaming, sweeping arc upon the red craft that drove across their bow.

  • When the sun swung into its western arc I halted where a large number of warriors had broken their fast.