| 释义 |
-ate
I. \ə̇t, ˌāt, usu -d.+V\ noun suffix
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English -at, from Old French, from Latin -atus (nominative singular masculine), -atum (nominative singular neuter), from -atus, past participle ending of 1st conjunction verbs
1. : one acted upon (in a specified way)
< advocate >
< legate >
< centrifugate >
< duplicate >
< mandate >
< vulcanizate >
2. [New Latin -atum, from Latin, neuter of -atus] : chemical compound or complex anion derived from a (specified) compound or element
< alcoholate >
< ferrate >
especially : salt or ester of an acid with a name ending in -ic and not beginning with hydro-
< acetate >
< carbonate >
— compare stock system
II. noun suffix
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English -at, from Old French, from Latin -atus, from -atus, past participle ending of 1st conjunction verbs
: office : function : rank : state : group of persons holding a (specified) office or rank, having a (specified) function, or being in a (specified) state
< episcopate >
< pontificate >
< professorate >
< rabbinate >
III. adjective suffix
Etymology: Middle English -at, from Latin -atus, past participle ending of 1st conjunction verbs, from -a- (thematic vowel of 1st conjunction) + -tus, past participle ending — more at -ed
1. : acted upon (in a specified way) : brought into or being in a (specified) state
< consummate >
< degenerate >
< inanimate >
< Italianate >
< temperate >
2. : characterized by having
< branchiate >
< chordate >
< foliate >
IV. \|āt, usu |ād.+V\ verb suffix
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English -aten, from Latin -atus, past participle ending of 1st conjunction verbs
: to act (in a specified way)
< negotiate >
< pontificate >
: act upon (in a specified way)
< assassinate >
< venerate >
: cause to be modified or affected by
< camphorate >
< hyphenate >
< pollinate >
: cause to become
< activate >
< domesticate >
< fractionate >
: furnish with
< capacitate >
< substantiate > |