arc
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++arc /ɑːk $ ɑːrk/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 CFBENDa curved shape or line 弧（状） the arc of a rainbow 彩虹的弧状2 BENDpart of a curved line or a circle 弧线；弧形 The Sun moves across the sky in an arc. 太阳在天空中以弧线方式运行。3. TEEa flash of light formed by the flow of electricity between two points 弧光，电弧 —arc verb [intransitive]
Examples from the Corpus
arc• The islands lie in an arc in the eastern Caribbean.• They may also be decorated with dots, arcs, circles, triangles, stamped, notched or bear incised lines.• Out past the northern arc of the perimeter highway, comfortable subdivisions have been carved under a leafy canopy.• One often meets graphs in which the arcs have names too.Origin arc (1300-1400) Old French Latin arcus “bow, arch, arc”arc nounChinese
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arc
arc /ɑːk $ ɑːrk/
noun [countable]
the arc of a rainbow
2. part of a curved line or a circle:
The Sun moves across the sky in an arc.
3. a flash of light formed by the flow of electricity between two points
—arc verb [intransitive]
arc /ɑːk $ ɑːrk/
noun [countable] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: Latin arcus 'bow, arch, arc'
1. a curved shape or line:Language: Old French
Origin: Latin arcus 'bow, arch, arc'
2. part of a curved line or a circle:
3. a flash of light formed by the flow of electricity between two points
—arc verb [intransitive]
