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单词 natation
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Definition of natation in English:

natation

noun nəˈteɪʃ(ə)nnəˈtāSHən
mass nountechnical, literary
  • Swimming.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And natation, swimming, comes from natare… natatum; ‘nation’ as an alternative, along the lines of ‘dilation,’ would obviously be wrong.
    • From 4.27 to 6.47 pm various occupations (fencing, reflection, immobility, visits, contemplation, dexterity, natation, etc.)…

Derivatives

  • natatorial

  • adjective ˌneɪtəˈtɔːrɪəl
    literary, technical
    • These salamanders are natatorial and motile.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Diving beetles typically have natatorial legs as they spend most of their time underwater.
      • Today my editor upbraided me for the superfluous ornateness of my prose, opining that my headline, ‘Indigenous demoiselle is triumphant in natatorial tourney’ might more fittingly have been rendered, ‘Local girl wins swimming contest.’
      • It can take several days to achieve full adult colour and a hard exoskeleton. breathing through a siphon replenishing the plastron cursorial legs raptorial legs natatorial legs rowing legs
      • The back limbs are strongly flattened and equipped with thick natatorial stubbles acting as paddles.
      • An elongate, metameric body bears numerous pairs of lateral imbricating lobes, probably of natatorial function, sometimes accompanied by repeating sets of horizontal support rods.
  • natatory

  • adjective ˈneɪtət(ə)rinəˈteɪt(ə)ri
    literary, technical
    • In the last years most tourist estates have been equipped with swimming and natatory activity facilities.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This maneuver allows the natatory cord to become more prominent.
      • These are distinguished from nonreproductive adults by the presence of natatory setae and an enlarged medial region for gamete storage.
      • The equivalent of the natatory ligament in the first web is also called distal commissural ligament.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin natatio(n-), from natare 'to swim'.

Rhymes

ablation, aeration, agnation, Alsatian, Amerasian, Asian, aviation, cetacean, citation, conation, creation, Croatian, counterdemonstration, counterproliferation, crustacean, curation, Dalmatian, delation, dilation, donation, duration, elation, fixation, Galatian, geolocation, glocalization, gyration, Haitian, halation, Horatian, ideation, illation, lavation, legation, libation, location, lunation, mutation, nation, negation, notation, nutation, oblation, oration, ovation, potation, relation, rogation, rotation, Sarmatian, sedation, Serbo-Croatian, station, staycation, taxation, Thracian, vacation, vexation, vocation, zonation
 
 

Definition of natation in US English:

natation

nounnəˈtāSHən
literary, technical
  • Swimming.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • From 4.27 to 6.47 pm various occupations (fencing, reflection, immobility, visits, contemplation, dexterity, natation, etc.)…
    • And natation, swimming, comes from natare… natatum; ‘nation’ as an alternative, along the lines of ‘dilation,’ would obviously be wrong.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin natatio(n-), from natare ‘to swim’.

 
 
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