crescent

crescent
[ˈkrɛz(ə)nt, -s-]
noun

the curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon
月牙形；新月形；弦月形；（月亮）镰刀形
■a representation of such a shape used as an emblem of Islam or of Turkey
新月形（伊斯兰教或土耳其的标志）
■(the Crescent)(chiefly historical)the political power of Islam or of the Ottoman Empire
(主史)新月旗（伊斯兰或奥斯曼帝国政权的标志）
a thing which has the shape of a single curve, especially one that is broad in the centre and tapers to a point at each end
新月形物；月牙形物
a three-mile crescent of golden sand.
三英里的新月形金色沙滩。
[in combination]a crescent-shaped building.
月牙形建筑物。
■[usu. in names](chiefly Brit.)a street or terrace of houses forming an arc
(主英)新月形街道；新月形（一排排）房屋
we lived at Westway Crescent.
我们住在新月西路。
■(Heraldry)a charge in the form of a crescent, typically with the points upward (also a mark of cadency for a second son)
(纹章)新月形纹章（多向上翘，也作为家族次子的标志）
a moth or butterfly which bears crescent-shaped markings on the wings, in particular
新月斑蝶；翅膀上长有新月形斑纹的飞蛾（或蝴蝶），尤指
an orange or brown American butterfly with a silvery mark on the underside of the hindwing (genus Phyciodes, subfamily Melitaeinae, family Nymphalidae) a brownish European moth with a pale mark on the forewing (several species in the family Noctuidae, in particular Celaena leucostigma)
后翅下侧有银色斑纹的橙色或褐色美国蝴蝶（拟斑螟属，狼蛱蝶亚科，蛱蝶科）前翅有灰白花纹的近褐色欧洲飞蛾，（夜蛾科数种，尤指白斑蛮夜蛾拉丁名Celaena leucostigma）

adjective

[attrib.]having the shape of a crescent
新月形的
a crescent moon.
一轮新月。
(poetic/literary)growing, increasing, or developing
(诗／文)生长的；增加的；发展的

派生
crescentic
[-ˈsɛntɪk]
adjective
语源

late Middle English cressant, from Old French creissant, from Latin crescere 'grow'. The spelling change in the 17th century was due to the influence of the Latin

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