Expatiate



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.细说, 详述
• ［英］ v.细说, 详述 ( speak or write in detail)
• ［记］ ex+pat ( =space) +iate -> 占地方 -> 详细讲或写

Webster Collegiate

intransitive verb (-ated; -ating)

• Etymology: Latin exspatiatus, past participle of exspatiari to wander, digress, from ex- + spatium space, course
• Date: 1538
• 1. to move about freely or at will ; wander
• 2. to speak or write at length or in detail <expatiating upon the value of the fabric — Thomas Hardy>
• ? expatiation noun

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