| 释义 |
▪ I. columbate, n. Chem.|kəˈlʌmbeɪt|
[f. columb-ium + -ate1.]
A salt of columbic acid.
1816J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art II. 431 It is found in the ore of columbium or columbate of iron.
▪ II. † columbate, v. Obs.—0
[f. L. columbāt- ppl. stem of columbāri to bill like doves.]
‘To bill or kisse like a Doue’ (Cockeram 1623). |