gib·bous /ˈʤɪbəs, ˈgɪ-/
 (a.)凸圓的,凸狀的,駝背的


 gib·bous /ˈʤɪbəs, ˈgɪb-/ 形容詞
 淺囊狀的,具囊狀膨大的,具駝背狀隆起的,彎凸的


 Gib·bous a.
 1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon.
    The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member.   --Wiseman.
 2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.]
 -- Gib*bous*ly, adv. -- Gib*bous*ness, n.

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 gibbous
      adj 1: characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality
             of the vertebral column [syn: crookback, crookbacked,
              humped, humpbacked, hunchback, hunchbacked, kyphotic]
      2: (used of the moon) more than half full [syn: gibbose]