oblate
英 ['ɒbleɪt]
美 ['ɒbleɪt]
- adj. 扁圆的；扁平的；奉为神圣的
- n. 献身于修道院生活的人
英语词源
- oblate (adj.)
- "flattened on the ends," 1705, from Medieval Latin oblatus "flattened," from Latin ob "toward" (see ob-) + latus, abstracted from its opposite, prolatus "lengthened" (see oblate (n.)).
- oblate (n.)
- "person devoted to religious work," 1756, from Medieval Latin oblatus, noun use of Latin oblatus, variant past participle of offerre "to offer, to bring before," from ob- (see ob-) + latus "carried, borne" (used as suppletive past participle of ferre "to bear"), from *tlatos, from PIE root *tele- "to bear, carry" (see extol).
权威例句
- 1. The earth is an oblate sphere.
- 地球是一扁圆球体.
- 2. A toom purse makes an oblate merchant.
- 口袋一文不名,会使商人烦闷.
- 3. Fruit oblate, 1.7 cm in diameter, base with persistent bracts and sepals.
- 果扁球形, 直径1.7厘米, 基部托以宿存苞片和萼片.
- 4. Anyway, this book says the earth is more like an oblate spheroid.
- 不管怎么说, 该书说地球更像一个扁球体.
- 5. Capsule, the seed is oblate, nephritic form.
- 蒴果, 种子扁圆, 肾脏形.