castellate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The district of a castle. historical,obsolete,rare
    — In the Castellate of Roger of Poictou...
动词 v.
  1. To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or to add battlements to an existing building. transitive
    — The citizen who castellates a Villa at Richmond...
  2. To take the form of a castle. intransitive,rare
    — ...Clouds slowly castellating in a calm...
形容词 adj.
  1. castle-like: built or shaped like a castle. rare
    — ...The living porphyry, in towers around Grotesquely castellate...
  2. Castled: having or furnished with castles. rare
    — ...Heights castellate...
  3. Housed or kept in a castle. rare

词形变化

more castellate comparative most castellate superlative castellates present,singular,third-person castellating participle,present castellated participle,past castellated past castellates plural

词汇关系

衍生词
decastellate
相关词
castellation

词源

词源 1
From Medieval Latin castellātus (“fortified” “made into a castle”), from castellum (“little fortification, castle”) + -ātus (forming participial adjectives). By surface analysis, Latin castellum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) or castle + -ate.
词源 2
From Medieval Latin castellō (“fortify”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
词源 3
Borrowed from Medieval Latin castellātus. By surface analysis, castle + -ate (forming nouns denoting a rank or office, the concrete charge of this office).
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