perforate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To pierce; to penetrate. transitive
  2. To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line. transitive
    — to perforate a sheet of postage stamps
形容词 adj.
  1. Perforated. not-comparable,obsolete
    — An Earthen Pot perforate at the Bottom to let in the Plant.
  2. Perforated, having a hole. not-comparable,obsolete
    — Suche abuses can not be longe hydde frome princis, that haue their eares perforate (as is the prouerbe).
  3. Perforated. not-comparable
    — A species of remarkable appearance with mature leaf laminae often so profoundly perforate as to resemble a fragile net of tissue.

词形变化

perforates present,singular,third-person perforating participle,present perforated participle,past perforated past

词汇关系

衍生词
biperforate imperforate macroperforate microperforate multiperforate nonperforating perforately perforation perforator perforin reperforate subperforate unperforate

词源

词源 1
The adjective is first attested in 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”), borrowed from Latin perforātus, the perfect
passive participle of perforō (“to bore or pierce through, to perforate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from per- (“through, thorough”) + forō (“to bore, pierce”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
词源 2
The adjective is first attested in 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”), borrowed from Latin perforātus, the perfect
passive participle of perforō (“to bore or pierce through, to perforate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from per- (“through, thorough”) + forō (“to bore, pierce”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
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