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contexture

/kuhn-teks-cher/US // kənˈtɛks tʃər //UK // (kənˈtɛkstʃə) //

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the arrangement and union of the constituent parts of anything; constitution; structure.
    • : an interwoven structure; fabric.
    • : the act of weaving together.
    • : the process or manner of being woven together.

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Examples

  • That perpetual miracle in nature—the contexture of the generations—the living taking the meaning of their lives from the dead!

  • Excessive grants, followed by violent and arbitrary resumptions, tore to pieces the whole contexture of the government.

  • It was of a loose watrish contexture, such an one, as he had seen growing out of rotten wood.

  • As sweet as that 'contexture of woodbines, sweet-briar, and myrtle' in which the anglers sat and sipped orange punch at Tottenham.

  • There is a very extensive manufactory of red woollen caps at Fas, the contexture of which is well deserving investigation.