| 单词 | gladiate |
| 释义 | gladiate in British English (ˈɡlædɪɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈɡleɪ-) adjective botany shaped like a sword gladiate leaves Word origin C18: from Latin gladius swordgladiate in American English (ˈgleɪdiˌeɪt; ˈgleɪdiɪt; ˈglædiˌeɪt) adjective Botany sword-shaped Word origin < L gladius, sword (see gladiator) + -ate1gladiate in American English (ˈɡlædiɪt, -ˌeit, ˈɡleidi-) adjective Botany swordshaped Word origin [1785–95; ‹ L gladi(us) sword + -ate1]This word is first recorded in the period 1785–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cyclic, guillotine, initiative, logrolling, terrorist-ate is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution parallelingthat of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed (separate; advocate; agitate). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin(calibrate; acierate) |
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