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