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ell 音标拼音: ['ɛl] n. 厄尔, L的字, L形之物 厄尔, L的字, L形之物 ell n 1: an extension at the end and at right angles to the main buildingL \ L\ ([ e^] l), n. 1. An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing. [ Written also { ell}.] [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Mech.) A short right- angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles. [ Written also { ell}.] [ 1913 Webster]
Ell \ Ell\, n. [ AS. eln; akin to D. el, elle, G. elle, OHG. elina, Icel. alin, Dan. alen, Sw. aln, Goth. alenia, L. ulna elbow, ell, Gr. ? elbow. Cf. { Elbow}, { Alnage}.] A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37. [ 1913 Webster]
Ell \ Ell\, n. ( Arch.) See { L}. [ 1913 Webster] 36 Moby Thesaurus words for " ell": L, addition, angle, annex, apex, arm, bend, bifurcation, bight, block, cant, chevron, coin, corner, crank, crook, crotchet, deflection, dogleg, elbow, extension, fork, furcation, hook, inflection, knee, nook, point, quoin, swerve, veer, vertex, wing, zag, zig, zigzagELL. A measure of length. In old English the word signifies arm, which sense it still retains in the word elbow. Nature has no standard of measure. The cubit, the ell, the span, palm, hand, finger, ( being taken from the individual who uses them) varies. So of the foot, pace, mile, or mille passuum. See Report on Weights and Measures, by the Secretary of State of the United. States, Feb. 22, 1821; Fathom.
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