| 单词 | lucubrate |
| 释义 | lucubrate (once / 16462 pages) v To lucubrate is to flesh out and add details to something, usually in writing. Originally, to lucubrate was to work by artificial light, and that meaning should still be helpful in learning this word: when lucubrating, you're shedding new light on a subject by elaborating, expanding, and adding more details. Lucubrating adds clarity and makes a subject easier to understand: it's often associated with scholars. WORD FAMILYlucubrate: lucubrated, lucubrates, lucubrating, lucubration+/lucubration: lucubrations USAGE EXAMPLESI lucubrate, when I consider, &c. &c., whereas, &c. &c., and even then, &c. &c., Barrington, Mrs. Russell, The Life, Letters and Work of Frede...(2011) v add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten reduce in scope while retaining essential elements cut, edit, edit outcut and assemble the components of detail provide details for exposit, expound, set forthstate exemplify, illustrate, instanceclarify by giving an example of particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specifybe specific about depict, describe, drawgive a description of premiseset forth beforehand, often as an explanation spell outmake explicit; specify in detail clarify, clear up, elucidate make clear and (more) comprehensible |
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