bǎdǎoguǐhéchìdàoxiǎnshìchéngzhídeqítāzǐwǔxiànxiǎnshìchéngwāndídíděngqūyùdìtú; chángyòngyúzhìdìngrèdàidìqūdìtú。 an equal-area map projection showing parallels and the equator as straight lines and other meridians as curved; used to map tropical latitudes.
wānyāosǒngjiān; bùshìzhílìzhede。 having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect.
yīzhǒngjùyòuguānghuáde、 wúfēnzhīde、 huòwānqūhuòzhílìjīnggānderìguānglánshǔzhíwù。 asphodel having erect smooth unbranched stem either flexuous or straight.
tāzǒuqǐlùláishì 'ángshǒutǐngxiōng、 mǎnhuáizìxìn, háishìwānyāoqūbèi, bēiwēiwěisuǒ? Does he walk erect and confident or is he humbly stooped?
yīzhǒngyàzhōufēnggédemiào; tōngchángshìyīzhǒngzhuīxíngtǎ, wūdǐngshìwānwānqūqūde。 an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof.
xiéhéngsìjiǎofānméiyòufāngàng, jiǎobǐtóudà, xiéguàzàiwéigānshàngdehéngwānqūdeyīzhǒngpíngmiànsìjiǎofān A quadrilateral sail that lacks a boom, has the foot larger than the head, and is bent to a yard hanging obliquely on the mast.
fúguānjiémǎděngfúxíngsìzúdòngwùhòutuǐdefúguānjié, yǔrénlèidehuáiguānjiélèisìdànwānqūfāngxiàngxiāngfǎn The tarsal joint of the hind leg of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, corresponding to the human ankle but bending in the opposite direction.
tāgěicǎoméichúcǎo, wǔpéngshàngwǔdetàiyángzhàodérénnuǎnróngróngde。 xiànzàitāgǎndàoyāowāndétàijiǔliǎo, érqiějuédéhěnkě, bìxūhēyīdàbēibīngchácáixíng。 The mid-morning May sun had warmed him as he worked to rid the plants of weeds and now he was feeling the effects of having stooped too long and felt the thirst that only a large tumbler of ice tea would quench.
“ yàosuànshìzhuǎnwānmǒjiǎodezìkuā, yīnwéinǐduìyúnǐzìjǐxiěxìnfāngmiàndequēdiǎnjuédéhěndéyì, nǐrènwéinǐsīxiǎngmǐnjié, lǎndéqùzhùyìshūfǎ, érqiěnǐrènwéinǐzhèxiēfāngmiànjíshǐméiyòushénmeliǎobùqǐ, wánquánbùkǎolǜdàozuòchūláidechéngjìshìbùshìwánměi。 "The indirect boast; -- for you are really proud of your defects in writing, because you consider them as proceeding from a rapidity of thought and carelessness of execution, which if not estimable, you think at least highly interesting. The power of doing any thing with quickness is always much prized by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.
tādejīròubùnéngràngtānǎpàzàihěnduǎndejùlíyǐnèiyǐměixiǎoshíyīgōnglǐdesùdùyídòng。 tānéngzuòdezuìmǐnjiédedòngzuòjiùshìhuīyīhuītāwānqūdegēbo。 Its muscles are such that it is quits incapable of moving at a speed of over a kilometer an hour even over the shortest distances and the swiftest movement it can make is a sweep of its hooked arm.
wānqūdesàimǎchǎngdelǐmiàndejuàn。 the inner side of a curved racecourse.
sàichēdàodeguǎiwānchùdūzhùchéngliǎoqīngxiédelùmiàn The turns on the racetrack were steeply banked.
zhōngdiǎnzhídàocóngzuìmòwāndàodàozhōngdiǎnxiànzhījiāndenàduànpáodào The portion of a racetrack from the last turn to the finish line.
wǒbǎwǒdewǎngqiúpāinòngwānliǎo。 I have sprung my tennis racket.
qiúpāijiāhǔqiánzhuàngdefángzhǐqiúpāiwānqūbiànxíngdezhuāngzhì A viselike device for keeping a racket from warping.
wǒwānxiàshēnqùjiǎnnàliǎngbiànshìdeyìngbì, tūránjiānyāozhíbùqǐláiliǎo, wǒjuédétòngkǔwànfēn。 I bent over to pick up a twopenny piece and my back seized up-couldn't straighten it properly and I was in agony.
tāguǎiwāndàkuài, zhuàngdàoliǎoménzhùshàng。 She turned too sharply and rammed the car into a gatepost.
sījīzhuǎnwāntàijí, xiǎoqìchēzhuàngdàoliǎoménzhùshàng。 The driver turned too sharply and rammed the car into a gatepost.
yánlíngyángyīzhǒng 'ōuzhōushānqūhuódòngjíwéimǐnjiédexiǎolíngyáng( yánlíngyáng), yòudǐngduānxiànghòuwāndezhílìjiǎo An extremely agile goat antelope(Rupicapra rupicapra) of mountainous regions of Europe, having upright horns with backward-hooked tips.
tāguǎiguòwānqùzhènghǎokànjiànnàgèliúmángcháojiēnàtóutáoqù。 He turned the corner in time to see the rascal making off down the street.
xìchángyòujiédejīngxìcháng 'érjiānyìngdàntōngchángkěwānqūdejīnggān, rúmǒuxiēzhúzǐ、 lúwěihuòténgde A slender, strong but often flexible stem, as of certain bamboos, reeds, or rattans.
yīnniánlǎo 'éryāowān Be bowed down with age
niánjiǔyǐwānqūdedìbǎn Floorboards cast by age.
jǐzhùhòutū, tuóbèijǐchuíbùzhèngchángdìxiànghòuwānqū, dǎozhìbèibùshàngfāngtūchū; tuóbèi Abnormal rearward curvature of the spine, resulting in protuberance of the upper back; hunchback.
wěiduānbùwèigāo 'ěrfūqiúgùntóushànghégānxiāngliándewāntóu A lower, rearward surface, as of the head of a golf club where it joins the shaft.
shuǐwānhǎi 'ànbiānwānxiàngdàlùde 'āojìnchù, lìrúhǎigǎnghuòshuǐwān A recess, such as a bay or cove, along a coast.
rèdàiměizhōuhé 'àodàlìyàdewòfǔdehuòbànzhílìdebànguànmù, yòunèiwāndecìhémǐngǎnderuǎndehuīlǜsèdexiǎoyè, zàiyèlǐhuòbèichùmōhéliángshuǎngshídīchuí。 prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft gray-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled.
wǒmenshìtúbìkāihéwānchùdelúwěitān。 We tried to avoid the bed of reed at the river curve.
wényìfùxīngshíqīdedàiyòushuānghuángpiànhéwānguǎndemùguǎnyuèqì。 a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn).
shuānghuángwānguǎnwényìfùxīngshíqīdeyīzhǒngdàiyòuyīgèwānqūdechuīguǎnhéshuānghuángpiàndeguǎnyuèqì A wind instrument of the Renaissance with a curving tube and a double reed.
tāguǎiwānmǒjiǎodìshuōtāquēfájīngyàn。 He made oblique references to her lack of experience.
( bābīnsījīshìfǎnshè), rúguǒduìliǎngsuìyǐshàngderéncóngjiǎogēnwàicèxiàngqiánměngjījiǎodǐshí, jiǎozhǐwānqū; liǎngsuìyǐxiàderénjiǎozhǐshēnzhí。 flexion of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front in persons over the age of 2 years; under 2 years the results should be extension of the toes (Babinski reflex).