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stemmed

/stemd/US // stɛmd //UK // (stɛmd) //

有茎的,有柄的,茎状的,有柄

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having a stem or a specified kind of stem: a long-stemmed rose.
    • : having the stem or stems removed: stemmed cherries.

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Examples

  • My discomfort stemmed from the inherent gulf between the two disciplines.

  • The “urban camper” aesthetic which is “cozy and cool,” as Taylor described, stemmed from her mix media paintings.

  • Much of the praise Edwards earned for his Godzilla adaptation stemmed from his frugal use of the monster.

  • But most hosts wield long-stemmed microphones in their left hand and vote with their right.

  • Grilled about whether his statements stemmed from racism or jealousy, as he has claimed, Sterling started to stumble.

  • But in a malignant war there is injustice of ignobler kind at once to God and man, which must be stemmed for both their sakes.

  • There was no doubt in my mind but that the newspaper article stemmed from Mr. Hamblen's visit with a newspaper reporter.

  • As it was, the three were lolling in lazy attitudes, smoking their long-stemmed pipes and talking in a disjointed fashion.

  • Black-eyed boys, and here and there a drowsy man with a long, cherry-stemmed pipe between his teeth, stood aside to stare.

  • They were sitting in deep chairs in the living room now, a tall-stemmed reading lamp glowing softly between them, hardly speaking.