| 单词 | imbricate |
| 释义 | imbricate —imbricately, adv. —imbricative, adj. adj. /im"bri kit, -kayt'/; v. /im"bri kayt'/, adj., v., imbricated, imbricating. adj. 1. overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof. 2. of, pertaining to, or resembling overlapping tiles, as decoration or drawings. 3. Biol. overlapping like tiles, as scales or leaves. 4. characterized by or as if by overlapping shingles. v.t. , v.i. 5. to overlap, as tiles or shingles. [1650-60; < LL imbricatus tiled with imbrices, shaped like such a tile or tiling, equiv. to imbric- (s. of imbrex) IMBREX + -atus -ATE1] |
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