| 单词 | interpolate |
| 释义 | interpolate (once / 2810 pages) 1v 2v In math, to interpolate means to estimate the value of something given certain data. If you are looking at a chart that gives the level of pollutants in a lake on Jan. 1 and Feb. 1, you must interpolate the level for Jan. 15. At a bake sale, if you check the cash box and look at how many cookies are left over, you can interpolate the results of your fundraiser. When you interpolate words into a text, you alter the text by adding words in. Scholars can identify the original text from material interpolated at a later date. If you are describing an author's work, you might want to interpolate a few examples of his writing into your description. WORD FAMILYinterpolate: interpolated, interpolates, interpolating, interpolation+/interpolation: interpolations USAGE EXAMPLESThe music, by Jamie xx, interpolates the sound of the ice itself, crackling and melting. The New Yorker(Nov 25, 2016) Its text interpolates entire short biographies of Wilde and actor Sir Henry Irving, for whom Stoker worked as manager of the Lyceum Theatre. Washington Post(Oct 26, 2016) In one of the only pieces of non-theater video, there is a fake interpolated news segment imagining a Trump Inauguration Day. Los Angeles Times(Oct 19, 2016) 1 v insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby 2Syn|Hyper alter, falsify edit, redact prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting v estimate the value of Syn|Hyper extrapolate calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out make a mathematical calculation or computation |
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