embrocate
英 ['embrəʊkeɪt]
美['ɛmbro,ket]
- vt. 涂擦药液
词态变化
第三人称单数: embrocates;过去式: embrocated;过去分词: embrocated;现在分词: embrocating;
英英释意
- 1. administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
英文词源
- embrocate (v.)
- 1610s, from Medieval Latin embrocatus, past participle of embrocare, from Late Latin embrocha, from Greek embrokhe "lotion, fomentation," from embrekhein "to soak in, foment," from assimilated form of en (see en- (2)) + brekhein "to water, wet, rain, send rain," related to brokhe "rain," from PIE root *mergh- "to wet, sprinkle, rain." Related: Embrocated; embrocating; embrocation (early 15c.).