Crescent

(noun.) any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters.

(adj.) resembling the new moon in shape .

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• A moon was in the sky, not a full moon, but a young crescent. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was about two miles from their house in Crampton Crescent to Marlborough Street. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• He and his aids now withdrew behind the curtain: the other party, which was headed by Colonel Dent, sat down on the crescent of chairs. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The people are coming down the crescent now. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The crescent moon, set like a silver signet in the western sky, delayed a little the approach of night. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• In exactly the same way the Roman Empire lay like a lamb in the embrace of this great crescent of outer barbarians. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This pale crescent was the likeness of a kingly crown; what it diademed was the shape which shape had none. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I suppose, Lucy Snowe, the orb of your life is not to be so rounded: for you, the crescent-phase must suffice. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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