英和和英

名詞

upbow (複数形 upbows)

1. (music) A note performed on a string instrument by drawing the bow upward or to the left across the instrument, moving the point of contact from the bow's tip toward the frog.

動詞

upbow (三人称単数 現在形 upbows, 現在分詞 upbowing, 過去形および過去分詞形 upbowed)

1. (geology) To bend or arc upwards.
   • 1960, Edward Wisser, Relation of Ore Deposition to Doming in the North American Cordillera (page 45)

     In terms of the mechanics postulated above, this late deformation cycle started with upbowing of the anticlinal axis to produce the cross joints. Continued upbowing instigated persistent movement along these fractures.

反意語

• down bow