单词 | irrorate |
释义 | irrorateadj. Zoology, esp. Entomology. = Irrorated: see irrorate v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > dappled or spotted > having minute dots punctated1752 punctuated1754 punctate1760 irrorate1826 powdered1832 punctiform1839 irrorated1843 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of marking or colouring > sprinkled with minute dots pulverulent1737 irrorate1826 lutose1826 irrorated1843 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 285 Atom, a very minute dot. Irrorate, sprinkled with atoms, as the earth with dew. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2020). irroratev.ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)] > with or as with dew dewc1175 adewc1425 endew?1518 irrorate1623 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Irrorate, to sprinckle, to moysten. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole viii. 20 Doe not give them too much water to over-glut them, but temperately to ir [r] orate, bedew or sprinkle them. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 237 They are to be fryed and irrorated with the juyce of Oranges. 1676 T. Garencières Admirable Virtues Coral 44 A plant..irrorated or steeped in common water. 2. Zoology, esp. Entomology. In past participle ˈirrorated adj. sprinkled minutely (with dots). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > dappled or spotted > having minute dots punctated1752 punctuated1754 punctate1760 irrorate1826 powdered1832 punctiform1839 irrorated1843 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of marking or colouring > sprinkled with minute dots pulverulent1737 irrorate1826 lutose1826 irrorated1843 1843 H. N. Humphreys & J. O. Westwood Brit. Moths I. 85 The caterpillar is dusky, irrorated with black spots. 1882 Entomol. Mag. Mar. 220 The mature larva is of a dark pea-green colour, thickly irrorated with slightly raised black dots. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1826v.1623 |
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