gradatory

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
形容词 adj.
  1. Proceeding step by step; gradual. archaic
    — Could we have seen [Macbeth's] crimes darkening on their progress […] could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us.
  2. Suitable for walking, or able to walk (said of an animal, especially a bird, or of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land).
    — Under this name we group together a large number of very similar forms; or if dissimilar, forms connected by gradatory specimens

词形变化

gradatories plural more gradatory comparative most gradatory superlative

词源

词源 1
Compare Latin gradatarium.
词源 2
Compare Latin gradatarium.
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