pectinate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An ester or salt formed of pectinic acid.
动词 v.
  1. To fit together in an alternating manner; to interlock or interdigitate. ambitransitive
    — To ſet croſſe legg’d, or with our fingers pectinated or ſhut together is accounted bad, and friends will perſwade us from it.
形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling a comb.; Having narrow ridges or projections aligned close together like the teeth of a comb. not-comparable
    — The moth's antennae were pectinate in shape, set with long teeth along one edge only.
  2. Resembling a comb.; Striate. not-comparable

词形变化

pectinates present,singular,third-person pectinating participle,present pectinated participle,past pectinated past pectinates plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bipectinate impectinate monopectinate pectinate line pectinately subpectinate unipectinate
相关词
bipectinated pecten pectinal pectinatella pectination pectinibranchiate pectiniform unipectinated

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Latin pectinātus (“combed”), from pectinō (“to comb”), from pecten (“comb”). First attested in the mid-18th century. By surface analysis, Latin pectin- (“comb, scallop”) + -ate.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English pectin
English -ate
English pectinate
From pectin + -ate (“chemical suffix”).
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