单词 | brachiate |
释义 | brachiate[ adjective brey-kee-it, -eyt, brak-ee-; verb brey-kee-eyt, brak-ee- ] / adjective ˈbreɪ ki ɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈbræk i-; verb ˈbreɪ kiˌeɪt, ˈbræk i- / adjectiveBotany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs. Zoology. having arms. verb (used without object), bra·chi·at·ed, bra·chi·at·ing.to progress by means of brachiation. Origin of brachiateFirst recorded in 1825–35, brachiate is from the Latin word brāchiātus with branches like arms. See brachi-, -ate1 Words nearby brachiatebrachial muscle, brachial neuritis, brachial plexus, brachial plexus neuropathy, brachial vein, brachiate, brachiation, brachiator, brachio-, brachiocephalic, brachiocephalic artery Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for brachiate
British Dictionary definitions for brachiatebrachiate adjective (ˈbreɪkɪɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈbræk-)botany having widely divergent paired branches verb (ˈbreɪkɪˌeɪt, ˈbræk-)(intr) (of some arboreal apes and monkeys) to swing by the arms from one hold to the next Derived forms of brachiatebrachiation, nounWord Origin for brachiateC19: from Latin bracchiātus with armlike branches 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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