imbricate

imbricate
(chiefly Zoology & Botany)(主动， 主植)
verb
  1. [with obj.][usu. as adj. imbricated]arrange (scales, sepals, plates, etc.) so that they overlap like roof tiles
    使（鳞片、萼片、板形器官等）覆瓦状迭盖，使成覆瓦状
    these moulds have spherical bodies composed of imbricated triangular plates.
    这些霉菌有瓦状三角板组成的球形体。
    ■[no obj.][usu. as adj. imbricating]overlap
    交叠
    a coating of imbricating scales.
    层交叠的鳞片。
adjective
  1. (of scales, sepals, plates, etc.) having adjacent edges overlapping
    （鳞片、萼片、板形器官等）覆瓦状迭盖的。 比较 valvate
派生
imbrication
noun
语源
  1. early 17th cent. (in the sense 'shaped like a pantile'): from Latin imbricat-, 'covered with roof tiles', from the verb imbricare, from imbrex, imbric- 'roof tile' (from imber 'shower of rain')
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