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semicircular

/sem-i-sur-kuhl/US // ˈsɛm ɪˌsɜr kəl //UK // (ˈsɛmɪˌsɜːkəl) //

半圆形,半圆的,半圆型,半圆

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called sem·i·cir·cum·fer·ence [sem-ee-ser-kuhm-fer-uhns, -fruhns, sem-ahy-]. /ˌsɛm i sərˈkʌm fər əns, -frəns, ˌsɛm aɪ-/. half of a circle; the arc from one end of a diameter to the other.
    • : anything having or arranged in the form of a half of a circle.

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Examples

  • The cap on this tree-growing mushroom is a wide semicircle, flat on the bottom and hoof-shaped on top.

  • In this case, the best you could do was to cut the semicircle in half, forming two quarter-circles that could be stacked directly on top of each other.

  • He ate half of it, and he wants to save the remaining semicircle of pizza in his refrigerator.

  • In less than sixty seconds he would become the focus of a hidden and annihilating fire from a semicircle of houses.

  • He then spread his arms dramatically, drawing a semicircle of emptiness.

  • When we reached high ground again the twilight was fading to a semicircle of bloodshot gray in the northwest.

  • The French troops, strung out in a great semicircle on the Ebro, were quickly concentrated.

  • On the outside, two small flights of steps, forming a semicircle, lead up to the top.

  • The temples, twenty-seven in number, are excavated in tall perpendicular cliffs, which form a semicircle.

  • Some twenty of the boys went up, and stood in a large semicircle round the desk.