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subtend

英 [sʌb'tend] 美 [səb'tɛnd]

vt. 对向；包在叶腋内

中文词源

subtend 对向弧，对向角

sub-,在下，向上，-tend,延展，词源同 tend,extend.用于几何学术语指对向弧，对向角。

英文词源

subtend (v.): 1560s, from Latin subtendere "to stretch underneath," from sub "under" (see sub-) + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Related: Subtended; subtending.

双语例句

1. In the daisy family the numerous bracts which subtend the inflorescence are known as an involucre.: 在菊科植物中,苞片数目多而聚生在花序外围,称为总苞.