单词 | plicate |
释义 | plicateadj. Biology. Folded, pleated; having parallel folds or ridges. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > [adjective] folden1435 doublea1475 appliedc1500 folded1570 reduplicated1599 redoubled1601 plicated1683 duplicated1741 plicate1760 doubled1860 enfolded1879 the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > folded, pleated, or wavy plicated1683 plicate1760 undulate1760 gyrose1836 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > folded or pleated plicate1819 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xii. 28 Corolla..Plicate, folded, as in Convolvulus. 1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 154 Genus 45. Abax..elytra united, their shoulders carinate plicate. 1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 629 Mucous..Membrane... Thin, reddish, and plicate in the direction of its length. 1849 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Geol. (1850) App. i. 687 Surface longitudinally plicate..; plications smooth. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 75 Geranium, Crane's-bill..cotyledons plicate or convolute. 1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) II. 538/1 Corolla plicate, 5-angled or rarely 5-lobed. 1986 G. Culverwell tr. P. Arduini & G. Teruzzi Macdonald Encycl. Fossils No. 36 The anterior portion of the shell is plicate. 2003 Birmingham News (Alabama) (Nexis) 20 July The plicate rocksnail is a cornerstone species upon which all the other animals living in the river depend. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). plicatev. 1. transitive. Chiefly Biology and Medicine. To fold, pleat. Usually in passive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > fold [verb (transitive)] foldc888 lapa1300 plya1393 turna1400 doublec1430 plaitc1430 overfold?1440 plet?a1500 flipe1530 upfold1600 enfold1605 plicate1654 tuck1835–6 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana 133 As a peice of Changeable Taffaty, according as it is extended, or plicated, appears of two different dyes. 1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 377 The Belly plicated as other Beetles. 1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xxx. §759. 677 Its lining membrane is loose and much plicated. 1880 Specif. U.S. Patent 229479 (title) Machine for plicating fabrics. 1904 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 230 The Lias and Oolites themselves..were plicated and subjected to sub-aerial denudation. 1980 Ann. Thoracic Surg. 30 285 A technique for plicating the noncoronary sinus of Valsalva in puppies is presented. 1993 Eye 7 47 The mask plicates the conjunctiva at the limbus prior to ablation. 2003 Dermatol. Times (Nexis) 24 54 Dr. Sengelmann went on to resect the skin and fat, plicating the medial aspect of the platysma muscle to achieve a durable improvement in neck contour. 2. transitive. Medieval Music. To add a plica (plica n. 3) to. Only in passive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > notate [verb (transitive)] > add plica plicate1903 1903 [implied in: C. F. A. Williams Story of Notation vii. 120 An imaginary dialogue dated 1326..shows a ‘plicated’ semi-breve when three semibreves are used with one syllable. (at plicated adj. 3)]. 1907 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 2) III. 775/1 Besides longs and breves semibreves could be plicated when in ligature. 1954 New Oxf. Hist. Music II. 325 The second, semi-vocal, note of the plica is not an ad libitum ornament..but has a time-value of its own, one-third or one-half of that which would belong to the parent note if it were not plicated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1760v.1654 |
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