decorticate英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

动词 v.

To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something. ergative,transitive

— […] but its striking white trunk, which changes to a bright pink in late spring or summer just before it decorticates, makes it a handsome species.
To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc. transitive

形容词 adj.

Having had the cortex removed not-comparable

— visually decorticate

having had the visual cortex removed

词形变化

decorticates present,singular,third-person decorticating participle,present decorticated participle,past decorticated past

词汇关系

衍生词

decorticated decortication decorticator hemidecorticate

词源

词源 1

The verb is first attested in 1611, the adjective in 1872; borrowed from Latin dēcorticātus, perfect passive participle of dēcorticō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- (“of, from”) + cortex (“bark”, oblique stem in cortic-) + -ō.

词源 2

The verb is first attested in 1611, the adjective in 1872; borrowed from Latin dēcorticātus, perfect passive participle of dēcorticō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- (“of, from”) + cortex (“bark”, oblique stem in cortic-) + -ō.