| 单词 | etiolate |
| 释义 | etiolate[ ee-tee-uh-leyt ] / ˈi ti əˌleɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR etiolate ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), e·ti·o·lat·ed, e·ti·o·lat·ing.to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light:to etiolate celery. to cause to become weakened or sickly; drain of color or vigor. verb (used without object), e·ti·o·lat·ed, e·ti·o·lat·ing.(of plants) to whiten or grow pale through lack of light. Origin of etiolateFirst recorded in 1785–95; <French étioler “to make pale, etiolate (plants),” probably derivative of a Norman French dialect form of standard French éteule, Old French estoble, estuble stubble; see -ate1 OTHER WORDS FROM etiolatee·ti·o·la·tion, nounWords nearby etiolateETI, etic, e-ticket, etidronate disodium, Étienne, etiolate, etiolation, etiologic, etiology, etiquette, Etna Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for etiolate
British Dictionary definitions for etiolateetiolate / (ˈiːtɪəʊˌleɪt) / verbbotany to whiten (a green plant) through lack of sunlight to become or cause to become pale and weak, as from malnutrition Derived forms of etiolateetiolation, nounWord Origin for etiolateC18: from French étioler to make pale, probably from Old French estuble straw, from Latin stipula Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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