septimate

发音

UK /ˈsɛptɪmeɪt/
其它 /ˈsɛptɪmeɪt/
UK /ˈsɛptɪmət/
其它 /ˈsɛptɪmət/

词形变化

septimates 复数 septimates septimated septimates 三单 septimating septimating 现在分词 septimated 过去式 septimated 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A group of seven.

v.
  1. 1.

    Submit (someone or something) to septimation; reduce by one seventh.

    及物

    That regulation which is usually called the seventh or huftum…conveys to the Bengali rayat the same uncomfortable impression, which is usually connected with the idea of being ‘quartered’ or ‘decimated.’ When he sees that he is about to be ‘septimated,’ he makes every effort in his power to escape from his fate by flight, thereby risking the loss of all he possesses in the world.

adj.
  1. 1.

    In groups of seven.

    罕用

词源

Latin septimus (“seventh”) + English -ate, after decimate; compare septimation

来源：wiktionary