elucidate

大学

vt. 阐明, 说明

发音

UK /ɪˈl(j)uːsɪdeɪt/
UK /ɪˈl(j)uːsɪdət/
US /əˈlusəˌdeɪt/
US /əˈlusəˌdət/
US /i-/

词形变化

elucidated elucidates 三单 elucidates elucidating elucidating 现在分词 elucidated 过去式 elucidated 过去分词 elucidatest elucidatedst 过去式 elucidateth 三单 elucidated 复数 more elucidate 比较级 most elucidate 最高级

别名

ellucidate illucidate

教材释义与例句

动词

阐明；说明

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make (something) lucid (“bright, luminous; also, clear, transparent”).

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.

    解释

    说明

    阐明

    阐释

    比喻 及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Clear, understandable.

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

clear clarify enlighten illuminate crystallize clear up shed light on sort out straighten out crystallise

上位词 4

explain clarify clear up explicate

下位词 10

clear expand elaborate enlighten enlarge illuminate dilate crystallize expound clear up

词源

From Late Latin ēlūcidātus, perfect passive participle of ēlūcidō (“to lighten, enlighten”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ē(x)- (“out, from”) + lūcidus (“bright, clear, understandable”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), literally “to make light of (something)”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to see; to shine”). Compare French élucider.

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