contexture
/kuhn-teks-cher/US // kənˈtɛks tʃər //UK // (kənˈtɛkstʃə) //
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n.名词 noun
- 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.
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