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salient 音标拼音: [s'eliənt] [s'eljənt] a. 显著的,突出的,跳跃的
n. 凸角,突出部分 显着的,突出的,跳跃的凸角,突出部分 salient adj 1: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; " an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; " a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; " salient traits"; " a spectacular rise in prices"; " a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; " a striking resemblance between parent and child" [ synonym: { outstanding}, { prominent}, { salient}, { spectacular}, { striking}] 2: ( of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees [ ant: { re- entrant}, { reentrant}] 3: represented as leaping ( rampant but leaning forward) n 1: ( military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemySalient \ Sa" li* ent\, a. ( Fort.) A salient angle or part; a projection. [ 1913 Webster]
Salient \ Sa" li* ent\, a. [ L. saliens, - entis, p. pr. of salire to leap; cf. F. saillant. See { Sally}, n. & v. i..] 1. Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping. " Frogs and salient animals." -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Shooting out or up; springing; projecting. [ 1913 Webster] He had in himself a salient, living spring of generous and manly action. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable. [ 1913 Webster] He [ Grenville] had neither salient traits, nor general comprehensiveness of mind. -- Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Math. & Fort.) Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to { reentering}. See Illust. of { Bastion}. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Her.) Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient. [ 1913 Webster] { Salient angle}. See { Salient}, a., 4. { Salient polygon} ( Geom.), a polygon all of whose angles are salient. { Salient polyhedron} ( Geom.), a polyhedron all of whose solid angles are salient. [ 1913 Webster] 128 Moby Thesaurus words for " salient": airspace, area, arrant, arresting, bas- relief, bellying, belt, blatant, bold, boldness, bulging, celebrated, chief, confines, conspicuous, continental shelf, corridor, country, department, distinctive, distinguished, distinguishing, district, division, embossment, eminence, eminent, emissile, environs, esteemed, estimable, exceptional, excrescence, excrescency, excrescent, excrescential, extraordinary, extruding, extrusion, flagrant, gibbosity, gibbousness, glaring, ground, hanging out, heartland, high relief, hinterland, important, impressive, in relief, in the foreground, intrusive, jutting, land, low relief, marked, memorable, milieu, moving, neighborhood, noble, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, notorious, obtrusive, obvious, of mark, offshore rights, ostensible, outstanding, part, parts, pertinent, place, precincts, premises, prestigious, primary, principal, prognathous, projecting, projection, prominence, prominent, pronounced, protrudent, protruding, protrusile, protrusion, protrusive, protuberance, protuberancy, protuberant, protuberating, purlieus, quarter, rare, region, relief, remarkable, rememberable, reputable, salience, section, signal, significant, soil, space, special, staring, stark- staring, sticking out, striking, telling, terrain, territory, three- mile limit, tuberosity, tuberousness, twelve- mile limit, unforgettable, unique, vicinage, vicinity, weighty, zone |
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