首页英语词典osculateosculate的意思

osculate怎么读？

osculate

英 ['ɒskjʊleɪt] 美

英英释义实用场景例句

近义词kiss

vt. 接吻；接触；与……有共同特性
vi. 有共同点；有共通点

词态变化

第三人称单数: osculates;过去式: osculated;过去分词: osculated;现在分词: osculating;

中文词源

osculate 接吻

来自拉丁语os,嘴，词源同oral,-cul,小词后缀。字面意思即小嘴，引申词义接吻。

英文词源

osculate: osculate: see oral
osculate (v.): "to kiss," 1650s, from Latin osculatus, past participle of osculari "to kiss," from osculum "a kiss; pretty mouth, sweet mouth," literally "little mouth," diminutive of os "mouth" (see oral). Related: Osculated; osculating.

双语例句

1. These two surfaces osculate.: 这两个表面相互接触.