| 单词 | osculate |
| 释义 | osculate[ os-kyuh-leyt ] / ˈɒs kyəˌleɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR osculate ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used without object), os·cu·lat·ed, os·cu·lat·ing.to come into close contact or union. Geometry. (of a curve) to touch another curve or another part of the same curve so as to have the same tangent and curvature at the point of contact. verb (used with object), os·cu·lat·ed, os·cu·lat·ing.to bring into close contact or union. Geometry. (of a curve) to touch (another curve or another part of the same curve) in osculation or close contact. to kiss. Origin of osculate1650–60; <Latin ōsculātus (past participle of ōsculārī to kiss), equivalent to ōscul(um) kiss, literally, little mouth (see osculum) + -ātus-ate1 OTHER WORDS FROM osculateos·cu·la·to·ry [os-kyuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˈɒs kyə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjectiveun·os·cu·lat·ed, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH osculateoscillate, osculateWords nearby osculateos coccygis, Osco-Umbrian, os coxae, osculant, oscular, osculate, osculating circle, osculating plane, osculation, osculum, OSD Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for osculate
British Dictionary definitions for osculateosculate / (ˈɒskjʊˌleɪt) / verbusually jocular to kiss (intr) (of an organism or group of organisms) to be intermediate between two taxonomic groups geometry to touch in osculation Word Origin for osculateC17: from Latin ōsculārī to kiss; see osculum Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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