Consist

(verb.) be composed of; 'The land he conquered comprised several provinces'; 'What does this dish consist of?'.

(verb.) be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous; 'Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end'.

(verb.) have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in; 'The payment consists in food'; 'What does love consist in?'.

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• The whole atmosphere could not consist of such groups of three because the watery particles were but a small portion of the total a tmosphere. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• In the inferior employments, the sweets of labour consist altogether in the recompence of labour. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The giant rolls consist of a pair of iron cylinders of massive size and weight, with removable wearing plates having irregular surfaces formed by projecting knobs. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Of what is this fine crop to consist, ma'am? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Sound waves may be said to consist of a series of condensations and rarefactions, and the distance between two consecutive condensations and rarefactions may be defined as the wave length. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• That of an individual is totally excluded from making any part of his neat revenue, which must consist altogether in his profits. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• My orisons consist in peace and good will, in resignation and hope. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• One of these consists of the crushing and grinding machinery, and the other of the long kilns. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The system of filling adopted consists of a culvert in each side wall feeding laterals from which are openings upward into the lock chamber. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It consists of a series of silk disks saturated with a sizing of plumbago and well dried. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It consists chiefly of the four following articles. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• This consolation principally consists in their invention of the words: faculty and occult quality. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Whatever is extended consists of parts; and whatever consists of parts is divisible, if not in reality, at least in the imagination. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The latest improvement in chemical matches is the Vesta, which consists of small wax, or stearine tapers, with an igniting composition at the end, consisting of chlorate of potass and phosphorus. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• That consisted of two matchless lips and a cheek only, her head being still enveloped. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The camera obscura consisted of a box with a lens at one end and a ground glass at the other, just like a modern camera. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Indeed, I am so unobservant of it, that to this day I can scarce tell a few hours after dinner of what dishes it consisted. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• This consisted of mechanical means for throwing the shuttle across the web by a sudden jerk of a bar--one at each side--operated by pulling a cord. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The semaphore consisted of an upright post, having arms on each side, that could be readily extended, at any given angle. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The signals of his telegraph consisted of the bubbles of gas arising from the decomposition of water, during the action of the electric current. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Instead of it, a new supreme court of judicature was established, consisting of a chief justice and three judges, to be appointed by the crown. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The meal was then bolted, and the tailings, consisting of bran, middlings and adherent flour, again sifted and re-ground. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The Morse telegraphic code, consisting of dots, dashes, and spaces, is given in Figure 218. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Again, the experiments demonstrated that the force necessary to maintain at high velocity an apparatus consisting of planes and motors could be produced by means already available. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The latest improvement in chemical matches is the Vesta, which consists of small wax, or stearine tapers, with an igniting composition at the end, consisting of chlorate of potass and phosphorus. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Again descending, it brought up another loop, enchained it with the one last made, making a chain stitch, consisting of a series of loops on the upper side. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The receiving instrument at the other end of the line was constructed upon much the same general lines as the transmitter, consisting of a metallic drum and reels for the paper tape. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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