| 单词 | oblate |
| 释义 | oblate (once / 6096 pages) 1adj 2n Something that's oblate is rounded, but instead of being a perfect sphere, it's flattened slightly on the top and bottom. Although we imagine the Earth to be shaped like a basketball, it's actually slightly oblate. In the case of our oblate home planet, its poles are a bit flat because of the effects of gravity as it rotates. To get a good mental image of an oblate shape, picture a lentil — while a pea is spherical, a lentil looks like it's been squashed flat. The opposite of oblate is prolate, like an American football. Though it shares a Latin root with the adjective, the noun version of oblate has a completely different meaning, "dedicated religious person." WORD FAMILYoblate: oblately, oblateness, oblates, oblation+/oblation: oblations USAGE EXAMPLESThe shift caused the Earth to be less oblate – or squished – on its axis. The Guardian(Dec 06, 2016) Papa, wearing a long, gray robe like the rest of the oblates, helped distribute ash every year. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) Mercy presented a similar proposal by Missionary Oblates last February but it was rejected. Reuters(Jun 29, 2016) 1 adj having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles 2Syn|Ant pumpkin-shaped rounded curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged prolate, watermelon-shaped having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter roundedcurving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged cucumber-shapedshaped like a cucumber n a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life Hyper religious person a person who manifests devotion to a deity |
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