| 单词 | oblate |
| 释义 | oblate oblate1 —oblately, adv. /ob"layt, o blayt"/, adj. flattened at the poles, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its shorter axis (opposed to prolate). See diag. under prolate. [1695-1705; < NL oblatus lengthened, equiv. to L ob- OB- + (pro)latus PROLATE] oblate2 /ob"layt, o blayt"/, n. 1. a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule. 2. a lay member of any of various Roman Catholic societies devoted to special religious work. [1860-65; < ML oblatus, suppletive ptp. of offerre to OFFER] |
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