| 单词 | latinate |
| 释义 | latinate (once / 262652 pages) adj WORD FAMILY latinate USAGE EXAMPLESThe word “antibiotic”—a Latinate term meaning “life-negating”—suggests a misleading confidence about how these chemicals work in nature. The New Yorker(Jun 13, 2016) Virgil’s decorous Latin gets translated into a language which calls for eloquent Latinate polysyllables: the Sibyl flings the guard-dog Cerberus “a dumpling of soporific honey”. Economist(Apr 14, 2016) Gripers flinch from Latinate vocabulary in the mouths of lesser white-collar workers and parvenus in general: to reside, apprise, desist, terminate and so on. The Guardian(Mar 25, 2016) adj derived from or imitative of Latin |
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