| 单词 | calceolate |
| 释义 | calceolate in American English (ˈkælsiəˌleɪt) adjective Botany shaped like a slipper, as the large, middle petal of an orchid Word origin < L calceolus (see calceolaria) + -ate1calceolate in American English (ˈkælsiəˌleit) adjective Botany having the form of a shoe or slipper, as the labellum of certain orchids Word origin [1860–65; ‹ L calceol(us) a small shoe (calce(us) a shoe + -olus -ole1) + -ate1]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: big brother, blind spot, institutionalism, metric system, raider-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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