英语词汇“deferent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

deferent

释义

defer² /di-fûrˈ/

intransitive verb (deferrˈing; deferredˈ)

To yield (to the wishes or opinions of another person, or to authority)

transitive verb

To submit to or lay before somebody

ORIGIN: L dēferre, from dē down and ferre to bear

deference /defˈər-əns/ noun

defˈerent adjective

noun

A deferent duct, opp to afferent (anatomy)
In the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, any of the large eccentric circles which with the smaller epicycles were used to account for the apparent movements of the moon and the planets round the earth

deferential /-enˈshl/ adjective

Showing deference

deferenˈtially adverb

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