(Geometry)a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut) (幾何)環(huán)形圓紋曲面,環(huán)面,錨環(huán) ■a thing of this shape , especially a large ring-shaped chamber used in physical research 環(huán)形物(尤指開(kāi)展物理研究的大型環(huán)形室)
(Architecture)a large convex moulding, typically semicircular in cross section, especially as the lowest part of the base of a column (建筑)環(huán)狀半圓線(xiàn)腳裝飾;柱腳圓盤(pán)線(xiàn)腳
(Anatomy)a ridge of bone or muscle (剖)隆凸,圓枕 the maxillary torus. 上頜隆凸。
(Botany)the receptacle of a flower (植)花托
語(yǔ)源
mid 16th cent. (in sense 2): from Latin, literally swelling, bolster, round moulding'. The other senses date from the 19th cent