tessellate

vt. 把(路面)镶嵌作花纹状

发音

US /ˈtɛsəleɪt/
其它 /ˈtɛsəleɪt/

词形变化

tessellated tessellates 三单 tessellates tessellating tessellating 现在分词 tessellated 过去式 tessellated 过去分词

别名

tesselate

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic; to tile.

    及物
  2. 2.

    to cover a two-dimensional shape, such that multiple copies of itself placed edge to edge cover an area leaving no space between the shapes.

    不及物 数学

    Regular hexagons tessellate.

  3. 3.

    To completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional shapes are placed edge to edge.

    及物 数学

    It is possible to tessellate the plane with equilateral triangles and regular hexagons.

adj.
  1. 1.

    tessellated

词汇关系

动词

上位词 3

go fit tile

相关短语

tessellate moray tessellate morays

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares)bor. Latin tessera Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin tessella Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin tessellātuslbor. English tessellate Learned borrowing from Latin tessellātus, from tessella, diminutive of tessera; from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

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