librate

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A piece of land having a value of one pound per year. historical
动词 v.
  1. To oscillate (like the beam of a balance). intransitive
    — Their parts all librate on too nice a beam.
  2. To waver or deliberate between two opposing thoughts or choices. figuratively,intransitive
    — But she winds about him coil after coil of her glittering rhetoric, in which reason holds its own as it librates with specious feeling.
  3. To be poised; to balance oneself. intransitive
    — Her playful Sea-horse […] His watery way with waving volutes wins, / Or listening librates on unmoving fins.
  4. To place in a balance; to weigh. obsolete,transitive

词形变化

librates present,singular,third-person librating participle,present librated participle,past librated past librates plural

词汇关系

相关词
libration

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin lībrātus, perfect passive participle of lībrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lībra (“a balance”).
词源 2
From Medieval Latin lībrāta, from Latin lībra (“pound”).
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