| 单词 | brecciate |
| 释义 | brecciate in British English (ˈbrɛtʃɪeɪt) verb (intransitive) to form into breccia brecciate in American English (ˈbrɛtʃiˌeɪt; ˈbrɛʃiˌeɪt) verb transitiveWord forms: ˈbrecciˌated or ˈbrecciˌating to form (rock fragments) into breccia Derived forms brecciation (ˌbrecciˈation) noun brecciate in American English (ˈbretʃiˌeit, ˈbreʃ-) transitive verbWord forms: -ated, -ating Geology to form as breccia Derived forms brecciation (ˌbretʃiˈeiʃən, ˌbreʃ-) noun Word origin [1765–75; brecci(a) + -ate1]This word is first recorded in the period 1765–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backwash, copperhead, guidance, mocha, statement-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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