deferent
/def-er-uhnt/US // ˈdɛf ər ənt //UK // (ˈdɛfərənt) //
恭顺的,恭顺,恭敬的,恭顺的人
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : marked by or showing deference: She was always deferent to her elders.
Examples
The eighth sphere had neither deferent nor epicycle but to it were attached the fixed stars.
Corresponding to each planet there was supposed to be a circle called a deferent, which had the earth as its centre.
The moon moves on an epicycle centred on a second epicycle, itself centred on a deferent, excentric to the earth.
The man's tone was so earnest, and there was so deferent a look in his eyes, that the Princess recovered some of her courage.
Mealy Benoît had paid his score already, and Hogshead Geoffroy's deferent escort of friends was getting restless.
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