foliate

foliate读音音标

英[\\\'fəʊlɪeɪt]

美[\\\'foʊlɪˌeɪt]

基本意思释义

adj.有叶的，覆有叶的; 叶状的，叶状的

vi.生叶

vt.把…打成箔; 加叶饰

词性变化

第三人称单数:foliates;

过去式:foliated;

过去分词:foliated;

现在分词:foliating;

英英释义

Verb

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\"

Adjective

1. ornamented with foliage or foils;

\"foliate tracery\"

\"a foliated capital\"

2. (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves;

\"`foliate\' is combined with the prefix `tri\' to form the word `trifoliate\'\"

3. (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata