lozenge
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ˈlɒzɪnd͡ʒ/
美 /ˈlɑzɪnd͡ʒ/|/ˈlɔzɪnd͡ʒ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.
— Wherein the decussis is made within a longilaterall square, with opposite angles, acute and obtuse at the intersection; and so upon progression making a Rhombus or Lozenge figuration [...].
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A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a sore throat.
— One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
动词 v.
- To form into the shape of a lozenge.
- To mark or emblazon with a lozenge.
词形变化
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Middle English losenge, from Old French losenge (“rhombus”), of uncertain origin.
词源 2
From Middle English losenge, from Old French losenge (“rhombus”), of uncertain origin.
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