delibate

词形变化

delibated delibates 三单 delibates delibating delibating 现在分词 delibated 过去式 delibated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To taste; to take a sip of.

    废旧 及物

    1641: Shackerley Marmion, The Antiquary, Act III: [Duke:] But when he has travell’d and delibated, the French and the Spanish can lye a bed, and expound Astrea, and digest him into complements …

  2. 2.

    To dabble in.

    废旧 及物

词源

First attested in 1623; Borrowed from Latin dēlibātus, perfect passive participle of dēlibō (“to take away from, to taste from”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + libō (“to taste; to consecrate a liquid”).

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