oblate

n. 献身于修会的俗人 a. 献身修会的, 扁圆的, 椭圆的

发音

UK /ˈɒbleɪt/
其它
UK /ɒˈbleɪt/
其它
US /ˈɑbleɪt/

词形变化

oblates 复数 oblates oblati oblati 复数 oblated oblates 三单 oblating oblating 现在分词 oblated 过去式 oblated 过去分词 more oblate 比较级 most oblate 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.

    宗教
  2. 2.

    A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house.

    2007, The Venerable Bede started as an oblate at St Paul's, Jarrow, but by the time of his death in 735 was surely the most learned man in Europe. — Tom Shippey, ‘I Lerne Song’, London Review of Books 29:4, p. 19

v.
  1. 1.

    To offer as either a gift or an oblation.

    罕用
adj.
  1. 1.

    Designating a person who is an oblate, of or belonging to an order of oblates.

    an Oblate Father

  2. 1.

    Flattened or depressed at the poles.

    The Earth is an oblate spheroid.

词汇关系

形容词

反义词 1

prolate

参见 1

rounded

词源

From French oblat and its source, Ecclesiastical Latin oblātus (“person dedicated to religious life”), nominalization of oblātus, perfect passive participle of offerō (“to offer”); see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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