| 单词 | circumvolution |
| 例句 | The circumvolutions of the brain, which was soft and watery, appeared twice as deep as usual, and much more numerous. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z If bricklayers waste motions in laying bricks, how about the motions wasted in lifting one’s hat and the circumvolutions in putting links in one’s cuffs? The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z Their words I could not catch at first through the tumultuous howl, but it went on and on, like their circumvolutions, over and over again, till my brain reeled. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z My years, if mentioned, would not, perhaps, appear to be many; but age, in the sense in which I take it, cannot be calculated by circumvolutions of the sun. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 All the more insane were the circumvolution of that fictitious Primum Mobile, which is higher, deeper, and still more immeasurable. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments He rolled up the band on itself as cleverly as the most skilful embalmer of the City of the Dead, following it up in all its meanderings and circumvolutions. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt The second is the localization of the function of thought in the circumvolutions of gray matter on the surface of the cerebral hemispheres—fact that we have already assumed to be sufficiently demonstrated. The Education of American Girls This "Ariadne's thread" easily follows all sinuosities, and adapts itself to all circumvolutions. Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 There he is at it again; what circumvolutions, what wheels he is making! Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities Its motion is one of rapid circumvolution, rather than of straightforward impulse by rapid and direct effort; it extends its orbit by small continual and hasty movements, but it does not suddenly alter its position. Democracy in America — Volume 2 Tell me, then, for you can, in what periphrasis of language, in what circumvolution of phrase, I shall envelope, yet not conceal, the plain story. The Letters of Robert Burns When he was unable longer to perform his circumvolutions, and found that he was foiled, he laid himself down, and by degrees resumed his former habits. The Dog He had neither time nor temper for sentimental circumvolutions. Coningsby Both their orbs are in proportion to their several magnitudes; and consequently the quickness or slowness of their motion, and the time of their circumvolutions, is no argument of the greater or less perfection. Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry |
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