搜尋結果
cone
- IPA[kōn]
美式
- a solid or hollow object which tapers from a circular or roughly circular base to a point；a surface or solid figure generated by the straight lines that pass from a circle or other closed curve to a single point (the vertex) not in the same plane as the curve. A cone with the vertex perpendicularly over the center of a circular base is a right circular cone.
noun: cone, plural noun: cones
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a solid or hollow object which tapers from a circular or roughly circular base to a point stalls selling paper cones full of fresh berries a cone of acrylic yarn
- ▪ a surface or solid figure generated by the straight lines that pass from a circle or other closed curve to a single point (the vertex) not in the same plane as the curve. A cone with the vertex perpendicularly over the center of a circular base is a right circular cone.
- ▪ a conical mountain or peak, especially one of volcanic origin the smooth cone of Vesuvius
- ▪ a plastic cone-shaped object that is used to separate off or close sections of a road.
- ▪ an edible wafer container shaped like a cone in which ice cream is served.
- ▪ a ceramic pyramid that melts at a known temperature and is used to indicate the temperature of a kiln.
- ▪ short for cone shell
- 2. the dry fruit of a conifer, typically tapering to a rounded end and formed of a tight array of overlapping scales on a central axis which separate to release the seeds a cedar cone
- ▪ a flower resembling the cone of a conifer, especially that of the hop plant.
- 3. a light-sensitive cell of one of the two types present in the retina of the eye, responding mainly to bright light and responsible for sharpness of vision and color perception.
