“coriaceous”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

coriaceous

释义

coriaceous, a.|kɒrɪˈeɪʃəs, kɔərɪ-|
[f. L. coriāce-us leathern, f. corium skin, hide, leather: see -aceous.]
1. Resembling leather in texture, appearance, etc.; leathery. Chiefly used in Nat. Hist.
1674Phil. Trans. IX. 87 A certain fungus of Sicily, with a blewish pulp, and a coriaceous shell.1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet 363 An inflammatory and coriaceous Thickness of the Blood.1794Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxv. 354 The shell of the legume being coriaceous or leathery.1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. 442 The middle part is coriaceous and the margin membranous.1872Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 184 Common Ivy..with coriaceous, shining leaves.
2. Made of leather, leathern. rare, affected.
1824Syd. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 45/1 To invest with these coriaceous integuments [Hessian boots] the leg of a liege subject at York.1849E. E. Napier Excurs. S. Africa II. 136 The Kaffir..enveloped in his coriaceous covering.

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