nutate

v. [植](茎的)俯垂, 下垂

词形变化

nutated nutates 三单 nutates nutating nutating 现在分词 nutated 过去式 nutated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To rock or sway involuntarily.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To wobble; to make a circular rocking motion.

    不及物 工程

词汇关系

动词

上位词 3

rock shake sway

词源

First attested in 1880; back-formation from nutation (1610s) on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin nūtātiō (“a nodding”), from nūtō (“to nod”), from Proto-Indo-European *neu-. Compare mutate.

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