articulate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪk.jʊ.leɪt/    美 /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
    — They considered articulates to be pre-adapted for an eleutherozoic existence because they possess muscular arms which are potentially of value in crawling and swimming, as in comatulids.
动词 v.
  1. To make clear or effective. transitive
  2. To speak clearly; to enunciate. ambitransitive
    — I wish he’d articulate his words more clearly.
  3. To explain; to put into words; to make something specific. transitive
    — I like this painting, but I can’t articulate why.
  4. To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend. transitive
    — an articulated bus
  5. To attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc. transitive
    — Articulate that passage heavily.
  6. To form a joint or connect by joints. intransitive
    — The lower jaw articulates with the skull at the temporomandibular joint.
  7. To treat or make terms. obsolete
    — Send us to Rome / The best, with whom we may articulate / For their own good and ours.
形容词 adj.
  1. Clear; effective.
  2. Speaking in a clear and effective manner; having both good articulation and good elocution.
    — She’s a bright, articulate young woman.
  3. Consisting of segments united by joints.
    — jointed articulate animals
  4. Distinctly marked off.
    — an articulate period in history
  5. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars. obsolete
    — articulate sounds
  6. Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals. obsolete
    — Brutes cannot form articulate Sounds, cannot articulate the Sounds of the Voice, excepting some few Birds, as the Parrot, Pye, &c.
  7. Articulated (all senses). obsolete
    — Theſe things indeede you haue articulate(d), Proclaim'd at Market Croſſes, read in Churches, To face the Garment of Rebellion VVith ſome fine colour, that may pleaſe the eye Of fickle Changelings, and poore Diſcontents, Which gape, and rub the Elbovv at the nevves Of hurly burly Innouation : And neuer yet did Inſurrection vvant Such vvater-colours, to impaint his cauſe : Nor moody Beggars, ſtaruing for a time Of pell-mell hauocke, and confuſion,

词形变化

articulates present,singular,third-person articulating participle,present articulated participle,past articulated past more articulate comparative most articulate superlative articulates plural

词汇关系

衍生词
articulable articulatability articulatable articulative articulator articulatory coarticulate dearticulate disarticulate malarticulate misarticulate overarticulate rearticulate underarticulate exarticulate articulately articulateness biarticulate hyperarticulate inarticulate interarticulate multarticulate multiarticulate octarticulate pluriarticulate prearticulate quadriarticulate semiarticulate sexarticulate subarticulate triarticulate unarticulate uniarticulate
相关词
articulation pseudoarticulated pseudoarticulation

词源

词源 1
The adjective is first attested in 1531, the verb in 1551; borrowed from Latin articulātus (“distinct, articulated, jointed”), perfect passive participle of articulō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
词源 2
The adjective is first attested in 1531, the verb in 1551; borrowed from Latin articulātus (“distinct, articulated, jointed”), perfect passive participle of articulō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
词源 3
The adjective is first attested in 1531, the verb in 1551; borrowed from Latin articulātus (“distinct, articulated, jointed”), perfect passive participle of articulō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
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