trapezium
/truh-pee-zee-uhm/US // trəˈpi zi əm //UK // (trəˈpiːzɪəm) //
四角形,斜线型,斜方形,斜线
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural tra·pe·zi·ums, tra·pe·zi·a [truh-pee-zee-uh]. /trəˈpi zi ə/.
- : Geometry. any rectilinear quadrilateral plane figure not a parallelogram.a quadrilateral plane figure of which no two sides are parallel.British.trapezoid.
- : Anatomy. a bone in the wrist that articulates with the metacarpal bone of the thumb.
Examples
The city of Tralles is built upon ground in the shape somewhat of a trapezium.
It was an irregular trapezium, a mass struck off from the colossal granitic prism of the Great Douvre.
His court must therefore have been a trapezium with its smallest side opposite to the pylon, rather than a rectangle.
The plan is very peculiar, forming a very irregular trapezium, no two of the sides being equal in length.
The Lick telescope has disclosed one or two other minute points of light associated with the Trapezium.
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