单词 | oblate |
释义 | oblate1 /obˈlāt, ob-lātˈ/ (obsolete)adjective
A dedicated person, esp one dedicated to monastic life but not professed, or to a religious life ORIGIN: L oblātus offered up, used as pap of offerre to offer; see offer oblāˈtion noun
oblāˈtional adjective oblatory /obˈlə-tə-ri/ adjective oblate2 /obˈlāt, ob-lātˈ, ō-blātˈ/adjectiveFlattened at opposite sides or poles, as a spheroid is, shaped like an orange, opp to prolate ORIGIN: On the analogy of prolate; L pfx ob- against, or (New L) in the opposite direction oblateˈness noun |
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