| 单词 | imbrication |
| 释义 | imbrication (once / 909178 pages) n WORD FAMILY imbrication: imbrications+/imbricate: imbricated, imbricating, imbrication USAGE EXAMPLESA potential improvement on sleeve gastrectomy is gastric imbrication or plication. New York Times(Mar 16, 2011) Surface imbrications—the structural cause of true felting properties. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2011) This imbrication of the leaflets of sleeping plants is a common phenomenon. Darwin, Charles, The Power of Movement in Plants(2010) n covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles) Syn|Hyper lapping, overlapping covering an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) |
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