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gibbous

/gib-uhs/US // ˈgɪb əs //UK // (ˈɡɪbəs) //

长颈鹿,悬崖边上的人,悬崖边,悬崖边上

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Astronomy. convex at both edges, as the moon when more than half full.
    • : humpbacked.

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Examples

  • The gibbous moon still hangs in the sky and casts a feeble light over the scene.

  • Now he softly opened the sash, and the radiance of a gibbous moon riding in the opposite sky flooded the apartment.

  • The ventral margin is sometimes straight and sometimes quite gibbous.

  • Valve gibbous in the middle, with rounded ends; central area elliptical.

  • Valve strongly gibbous in the middle; ends rounded; stri, 12-13 in 10 .