substratum

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A layer that lies underneath another.
  2. The underlying cause or basis of something. figuratively
    — However exaggerated an estimate this might be, the substratum of truth was solid and auriferous enough to dazzle the imagination.
  3. A substrate.

词形变化

substrata plural

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Learned borrowing from New Latin substrātum, nominalisation of the neuter of Latin substrātus, perfect passive participle of substernō. By surface analysis, sub- + stratum.
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