[mass noun](technical, chiefly Anatomy & Geology)the action of bending or curving, or the condition of being bent or curved (技 主剖,主地质)曲,弯曲,折褶;弯曲折褶状态 ■[count noun]a bent or curved part 弯曲(或折褶)部分 these lesser hills were flexures of the San Andreas system. 这些小山是圣安德烈亚斯断层的折褶部分。
派生 flexural adjective 语源
late 16th cent.: from Latin flexura, from flectere 'to bend'