coarctate
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英 /kəʊˈɑːk.teɪt/
美 /koʊˈɑɹkˌteɪt/|/ˈkoʊˌɑɹkˌteɪt/|/koʊˈɑɹk.tɪt/|/ˈkoʊˌɑɹk.tɪt/
英文释义
动词 v.
- To press together; to crowd.
- To restrain; to confine.
形容词 adj.
- Pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed.
- (of the pupa of certain flies) Enclosed in a rigid case formed by the larval cuticle or puparium.
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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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