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squinch

/skwinch/US // skwɪntʃ //UK // (skwɪntʃ) //

斜视,畏缩,畏缩不前,斜眼看人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Architecture.

    • : a small arch, corbeling, or the like, built across the interior angle between two walls, as in a square tower for supporting the side of a superimposed octagonal spire.

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Examples

  • De squinch-owl done hush, en de win' done gone, en it look like de water done stop sneakin' en crawlin' und' de bank.

  • A squinch thrown across an arcade may be conjectured for strength were it not confuted by two buttresses on the outside.

  • And Cappy shook his head emphatically several times like a squinch-owl.

  • Business was business with Mr. Squinch, and social calls should be discouraged.

  • “Suppose that we say twenty-five hundred,” resumed Mr. Squinch.