apricate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈæpɹɪkeɪt/    美 /ˈæpɹikeɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To bask in the sun. intransitive,rare
    — Cats like to apricate.
  2. To disinfect and freshen by exposing to the sun; to sun. also,figuratively,rare,transitive
    — No longer were social parties the old heraldic solemnities enjoyed by red letters in the almanac, in which the chief objects were to discharge some arrear of ceremonious debt, or to ventilate old velvets, or to apricate and refresh old gouty systems and old traditions of feudal ostentation, which both alike suffered and grew smoke-dried under too rigorous a seclusion.

词形变化

apricates present,singular,third-person apricating participle,present apricated participle,past apricated past

词汇关系

近义词
to disinfect and freshen by exposing to the sun
相关词
aprication apricity

词源

From Latin apricus (“sunny, having lots of sunshine; warmed by the sun”) + -ate. Apricus is derived from aperiō (“to open; to uncover”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, from”) + *h₂wer- (“to cover, shut”)) + -cus (suffix forming relational adjectives from nouns). Not cognate with apricot, although the latter term was also influenced by apricus.
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