oblate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɒbleɪt/|/ɒˈbleɪt/    美 /ˈɑbleɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
  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
动词 v.
  1. To offer as either a gift or an oblation. rare
形容词 adj.
  1. Designating a person who is an oblate, of or belonging to an order of oblates. capitalized,not-comparable
    — an Oblate Father
  2. Flattened or depressed at the poles.
    — The Earth is an oblate spheroid.

词形变化

oblates plural oblati plural more oblate comparative most oblate superlative oblates present,singular,third-person oblating participle,present oblated participle,past oblated past

词汇关系

反义词
prolate
相关词
oblation offer offering

词源

词源 1
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).
词源 2
From Late Latin oblātus, from Latin ob (“in front of, before”) + lātus (“broad, wide”), (modeled after prōlātus (“extended, lengthened”)).
词源 3
Borrowed from Latin oblātus, perfect passive participle of offerō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of offer.
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