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arch 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/ärCH/,
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arches, plural;
  1. Deliberately or affectedly playful and teasing
    • - arch observations about even the most mundane matters
Verb
  1. Have the curved shape of an arch
    • - a beautiful bridge that arched over a canal
  2. Form or cause to form the curved shape of an arch
    • - her eyebrows arched in surprise
    • - she arched her back
  3. Provide (a bridge, building, or part of a building) with an arch
    • - high arched windows
  4. Span (something) by or as if by an arch
    • - the vine arched his evening seat
Noun
  1. A curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it

  2. A structure of this type forming a passageway or a ceremonial monument
    • - a triumphal arch
  3. A shape resembling such a structure or a thing with such a shape
    • - the delicate arch of his eyebrows
  4. The inner side of the foot

  1. a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
  2. (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
  3. form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"
  4. a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)
  5. arch(a): expert in skulduggery; "an arch criminal"
  6. a passageway under a curved masonry construction; "they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory"
  7. An arch is a structure that spans a space while supporting weight (e.g. a doorway in a stone wall). Arches appeared as early as the 2nd millennium BC in Mesopotamian brick architecture and their systematic use started with the Ancient Romans who were the first to apply the technique to a wide ...
  8. In econometrics, AutoRegressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (ARCH) models are used to characterize and model observed time series. They are used whenever there's reason to believe that, at any point in a series, the terms will have a characteristic size, or variance. ...
  9. Arch is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is also a church parish of the Swiss Reformed Church.
  10. A fingerprint in its narrow sense is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger. In a wider use of the term, fingerprints are the traces of an impression from the friction ridges of any part of a human hand or foot. ...
  11. The arches of the foot are formed by the tarsal and metatarsal bones and, strengthened by ligaments and tendons, allow the foot to support the weight of the body in the erect posture with the least weight.
  12. The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is located in St. Louis, Missouri, near the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It was designated as a National Memorial by Executive Order 7523, on December 21, 1935, and is maintained by the National Park Service (NPS).
  13. An inverted U shape; An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward; An architectural element having the shape of an arch; An arc; a part of a curve; To form into an arch shape; Knowing, clever, mischievous; Principal; primary
  14. (1) Arches) The world's largest concentration of natural stone arches is found here.
  15. (Arches) A characteristic pattern of fingerprint ridges, possessed by approximately 5% of the population.
  16. (Arches) Arch, quarter circle and circle-shaped window openings.
  17. (Arches) Curved structures, arch like in profile that span the foot.
  18. (Arches) The court of the Archbishop of Canterbury to try appeals from all inferior ecclesiastical courts in the province, the judge being termed "dean of the arches".
  19. (Arches) There are six basic arch styles used for framing doors, windows, porches and other wall openings: (1) Flat Arch (jack or straight arch) that extends straight across an opening with no curvature. (2) Gothic arches are marked by narrow, pointed openings. ...
  20. (ărches, n.) Arches are indoor/outdoor creations great for entranceways.
  21. (Arching) Fracture processes around a mine opening, leading to stabilization by an arching effect.
  22. (Arching) In the case of a buried structure, it is the tendency for the soil particles to lock together in the form of an arch, with the result that part of the stress is transmitted around the structure instead of through it.
  23. (Arching) Occasionally used as descriptive of the same phenomenon as the term "hogging."
  24. (Arching) The transfer of stress from a yielding part of a soil or rock mass to adjoining less-yielding or restrained parts of the mass.
  25. (arching) shaping done on the outside of the front and back