gladiate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To fight as a gladiator, to digladiate.
    — You could try and take us (oh, oh), but we're the gladiators (oh, oh) […] We gladiate, but I guess we're really fighting ourselves […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Sword-shaped.
    — The leaves of the iris and gladiolus are gladiate.

词形变化

more gladiate comparative most gladiate superlative gladiates present,singular,third-person gladiating participle,present gladiated participle,past gladiated past

词源

词源 1
From Latin gladius (“sword”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
词源 2
Back-formation from gladiator with -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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