imbrication

英 [,ɪmbrɪ'keɪʃən] 美[,ɪmbrɪ'keʃən]
  • n. 鳞状重叠;鳞状图案

英英释义


1. covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)

实用场景例句


Further imbrication, folding and metasomatism of the ultrabasic rocks occurred at this time.
超基性岩的进一步叠瓦作用, 褶曲和交代作用发生于这个时期.

辞典例句

英文词源


imbrication (n.)
1640s, from French imbrication, from Latin imbricare "to cover with tiles," from imbricem (nominative imbrex) "curved roof tile used to draw off rain," from imber (genitive imbris) "rain," from PIE *ombh-ro- "rain" (cognates: Sanskrit abhra "cloud, thunder-cloud, rainy weather," Greek ombros "rain"), from root *nebh- "moist, water" (see nebula).

双语例句


1. Further imbrication, folding and metasomatism of the ultrabasic rocks occurred at this time.
超基性岩的进一步叠瓦作用, 褶曲和交代作用发生于这个时期.

来自辞典例句