| 单词 |
sulcate |
| 释义 |
▪ I. sulcate, a. Nat. Hist.|ˈsʌlkeɪt| [ad. L. sulcātus, pa. pple. of sulcāre (see next).] Marked with (parallel) furrows or grooves.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. xxxiii. (1765) 160 Cucurbita, with a sulcate Fruit. 1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 15 Shell thin, hyaline, transversely sulcate. 1872Coues N. Amer. Birds 187 The bill is more or less depressed with smooth, rounded or sulcate, culmen. ▪ II. † sulcate, v. Obs. [f. L. sulcāt-, pa. ppl. stem of sulcāre to plough, f. sulcus. Cf. sulk v.1] trans. To plough (esp. the seas).
1577Hanmer Anc. Eccl. Hist. 327 A mightie Easterne winde, which draue the ship with violence, swiftely for to sulcate the seas. a1604― Chron. Irel. (1633) 85 The Irish nation..would not sulcate the seas, neither give themselves to merchandise. 1656Blount Glossogr. |

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