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inscribed

UK //ɪnˈskraɪbd//US //ɪnˈskraɪbd//

词源

源自拉丁语 'inscribere'(in- '进入' + scribere '写'),14世纪通过古法语进入英语。

verb

❶ 指将文字、图案或符号刻写或印在硬质表面(如石头、金属或木头)上,通常用于纪念或装饰目的。

“The names of the fallen soldiers were inscribed on the memorial wall.”

(阵亡士兵的名字被刻在纪念墙上。)

“She inscribed her initials on the back of the watch.”

(她在手表背面刻上了自己名字的首字母。)

❶ 在数学中,指将几何图形内接于另一个图形内,使其顶点或边界完全接触外图形。

“A square inscribed in a circle touches the circle at four points.”

(圆内接正方形的四个顶点都与圆周接触。)

“The students learned how to inscribe an equilateral triangle in a given circle.”

(学生们学习了如何在给定圆内作内接等边三角形。)

同义词:engraved, etched, carved, imprinted, embossed

常见短语

inscribed angle — 几何术语,指顶点在圆周上且两边为弦的角,其度数等于所对弧的一半。

“The measure of an inscribed angle is half the measure of its intercepted arc.”

(圆周角的度数等于其所截弧度数的一半。)

inscribed circle — 几何术语,指与多边形所有边都相切的圆,又称内切圆。

“Every triangle has a unique inscribed circle called the incircle.”

(每个三角形都有唯一的内切圆,称为内心圆。)