单词 | assimilate |
释义 | Word Frequency assimilate(əˈsɪmɪˌleɪt) verb 1. (transitive) to learn (information, a procedure, etc) and understand it thoroughly 2. (transitive) to absorb (food) and incorporate it into the body tissues 3. (intransitive) to become absorbed, incorporated, or learned and understood 4. (usually foll by into or with) to bring or come into harmony; adjust or become adjusted the new immigrants assimilated easily 5. (usually foll by to or with) to become or cause to become similar 6. (usually foll by to) phonetics to change (a consonant) or (of a consonant) to be changed into another under the influence of one adjacent to it (n) often assimilates to ŋ before (k), as in "include" Derived forms assimilable (asˈsimilable) adjective assimilably (asˈsimilably) adverb assimilation (asˌsimiˈlation) noun assimilative (asˈsimilative) or assimilatory (asˈsimilatory) adjective assimilator (asˈsimiˌlator) noun assimilatively (asˈsimilatively) adverb Word origin C15: from Latin assimilāre to make one thing like another, from similis like, similar |
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