| 单词 | gelatinate |
| 释义 | gelatinate in British English (dʒəˈlætɪˌneɪt) verb another word for gelatinize gelatinize in British English or gelatinise (dʒɪˈlætɪˌnaɪz) verb 1. to make or become gelatinous 2. (transitive) photography to coat (glass, paper, etc) with gelatine Derived forms gelatinization (geˌlatiniˈzation) or gelatinisation (geˌlatiniˈsation) noun gelatinizer (geˈlatiˌnizer) or gelatiniser (geˈlatiˌniser) noun gelatinate in American English (dʒəˈlætnˌeit) transitive verb or intransitive verbWord forms: -nated, -nating gelatinize Derived forms gelatination noun Word origin [1790–1800; gelatin + -ate1]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cannibalism, cutout, gelatin, peanut, rationalism-ate is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution parallelingthat of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed (separate; advocate; agitate). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin(calibrate; acierate) |
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