crescent / ˈkrɛs ənt /

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crescent2 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.
  2. something, as a roll or cookie, having this shape.
  3. Astronomy. the figure of the moon in its first or last quarter, resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.the similar figure of Mercury and Venus on either side of inferior conjunction, when seen through a telescope.
adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. shaped like a crescent.
  2. increasing; growing.

crescent 近义词

adj. 形容词 adjective

sickle-shaped

n. 名词 noun

sickle-shaped object

更多crescent例句

  1. If partly to mostly cloudy skies allow a glimpse, check out the sliver of new crescent moon on the western horizon with Mars and Venus in conjunction.
  2. The sliver of a new crescent moon on the western horizon with Mars and Venus in conjunction is likely to be obscured early Sunday evening but has a better chance to be seen Monday evening.
  3. For this week’s Classic, let’s take a closer look at a waxing crescent moon.
  4. The industry has its critics, such as Prince William residents concerned that data centers will spoil the beauty of its western rural crescent.
  5. The crescent-shaped pastries called shekerbura, filled with crushed hazelnuts, sugar and cardamom, look more like something to admire as art than ravage with fingers and teeth.
  6. Leaving the OR that night, I looked up the clear sky, at the flocks of white seagulls and a sliver of crescent moon.
  7. Tipitina's in the warm blue fog, squatting beneath a crescent moon so sharp and clean you could shave a wild hog with it.
  8. More Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers have been killed in this conflict than in any other since records have been kept.
  9. The head of Iran's Red Crescent rescue corps, Mahmoud Mozafar, said communications to the stricken areas have been cut.
  10. The Syrian Arab Red Crescent recently estimated that 2.5 million people have been displaced within the country.
  11. The valve-seat H has formed on its lower surface two crescent shaped long and narrow slits.
  12. From her windows could be seen the crescent of the river, the masts of ships and the big chimneys of the Mississippi steamers.
  13. It floated out upon the night, over the housetops, the crescent of the river, losing itself in the silence of the upper air.
  14. On either horn of the crescent by which the pebbles are imported into the pocket we find the largest fragments.
  15. They are ranged around a crescent-shaped table formed of cushions, and wear festive crowns upon their heads.