acuminate
/adjective uh-kyoo-muh-nit, -neyt; verb uh-kyoo-muh-neyt/US // adjective əˈkyu mə nɪt, -ˌneɪt; verb əˈkyu məˌneɪt //
渐尖的,渐尖,渐尖锐化,尖锐化
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : Botany, Zoology. pointed; tapering to a point.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
a·cu·mi·nat·ed, a·cu·mi·nat·ing.
- : to make sharp or keen.
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Examples
Forty percent have acute distal ends and 60% of the distal ends are acuminate.
The distal end is usually sharply acute, but may approach an acuminate type.
Thirteen percent have acuminate distal ends and 87% have acute distal ends.
At the base they are covered with large ovate-acuminate brown or sometimes dark and shining scales.
In the latter work it may be seen that Gov. Colden long ago described the auricles as being “also often acuminate.”
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