coarctate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/kəʊˈɑːk.teɪt/    /koʊˈɑɹkˌteɪt/|/ˈkoʊˌɑɹkˌteɪt/|/koʊˈɑɹk.tɪt/|/ˈkoʊˌɑɹk.tɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To press together; to crowd. obsolete
  2. To restrain; to confine. obsolete
形容词 adj.
  1. Pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed.
  2. (of the pupa of certain flies) Enclosed in a rigid case formed by the larval cuticle or puparium.

词形变化

more coarctate comparative most coarctate superlative coarctates present,singular,third-person coarctating participle,present coarctated participle,past coarctated past

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词源 1
Borrowed from Latin coarctātus, perfect participle of coarctō (“to press together, compress, contract, confine”), from co- (“being or bringing together, co-”) + arctō (“to draw or press close together”).
词源 2
From the above adjective, for more see etymology at -ate.
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