foliate
英 ['fəʊlɪət; -eɪt]
美['folɪ,et]
- vt. 把…打成箔；加叶饰
- vi. 生叶
- adj. 有叶的；叶状的；成薄片的
词态变化
第三人称单数: foliates;过去式: foliated;过去分词: foliated;现在分词: foliating;
英英释意
- 1. hammer into thin flat foils;
- "foliate metal"
- 2. decorate with leaves
- 3. coat or back with metal foil;
- "foliate glass"
- 4. number the pages of a book or manuscript
- 5. grow leaves;
- "the tree foliated in Spring"
英文词源
- foliate (adj.)
- 1620s, "beaten into thin sheets," from Medieval Latin foliatus "leaved, leafy," from Latin folium "a leaf" (see folio). As "leaf-like" from 1650s.
- foliate (v.)
- 1660s (implied in foliated), "to apply silver leaf," from Medieval Latin foliatus "leaved, leafy," from Latin folium "a leaf" (see folio). Meaning "put forth leaves" is from 1775. Related: Foliated; foliating.