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imbrication是什么意思

imbrication

英 [,ɪmbrɪ'keɪʃən] 美 [,ɪmbrɪ'keʃən]
  • n. 鳞状重叠;鳞状图案

英文词源


imbrication (n.)
1640s, from French imbrication, from Latin imbricare "to cover with tiles," from imbricem (nominative imbrex) "curved roof tile used to draw off rain," from imber (genitive imbris) "rain," from PIE *ombh-ro- "rain" (cognates: Sanskrit abhra "cloud, thunder-cloud, rainy weather," Greek ombros "rain"), from root *nebh- "moist, water" (see nebula).

双语例句


1. Further imbrication, folding and metasomatism of the ultrabasic rocks occurred at this time.
超基性岩的进一步叠瓦作用, 褶曲和交代作用发生于这个时期.

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