gib·bous /ˈʤɪbəs, ˈgɪ-/
(a.)凸圓的,凸狀的,駝背的
gib·bous /ˈʤɪbəs, ˈgɪb-/ 形容詞
淺囊狀的,具囊狀膨大的,具駝背狀隆起的,彎凸的
Gib·bous a.
1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon.
The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. --Wiseman.
2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.]
-- Gib*bous*ly, adv. -- Gib*bous*ness, n.
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gibbous
adj 1: characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality
of the vertebral column [syn: crookback, crookbacked,
humped, humpbacked, hunchback, hunchbacked, kyphotic]
2: (used of the moon) more than half full [syn: gibbose]