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imbricate vt.
vi. (使)边缘重叠成瓦状
a. 重叠成瓦状的,鳞状的 (使)边缘重叠成瓦状重叠成瓦状的,鳞状的 imbricate adj 1: used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles [ synonym: { imbricate}, { imbricated}] v 1: place so as to overlap; " imbricate the roof tiles" 2: overlap; " The roof tiles imbricate" Imbricate \ Im" bri* cate\, Imbricated \ Im" bri* ca` ted\, a. [ L. imbricatus, p. p. of imbricare to cover with tiles, to form like a gutter tile, fr. imbrex, - icis, a hollow tile, gutter tile, fr. imber rain.] 1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Lying over each other in regular order, so as to " break joints," like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in [ ae] stivation. [ 1913 Webster] 3. In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern. [ 1913 Webster]
Imbricate \ Im" bri* cate\, v. t. To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface. [ 1913 Webster]
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