Radiate



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.发光, 放热
• ［英］ v.发光, 放热 ( to send out in in rays)
• ［类］ 反义词: absorb ( 吸收)
• ［记］ radi ( 光线) ＋ate
• ［例］ The lighted candle radiated heat and light.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (-ated; -ating)

• Etymology: Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare, from radius ray
• Date: circa 1619
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to proceed in a direct line from or toward a center
  • 2. to send out rays ; shine brightly
  • 3.
    • a. to issue in or as if in rays
    • b. to evolve by adaptive radiation
• transitive verb
  • 1. to send out in or as if in rays
  • 2. irradiate, illuminate
  • 3. to spread abroad or around as if from a center

II. adjective

• Date: 1668
• having rays or radial parts: as
  • a. having ray flowers
  • b. characterized by radial symmetry ; radially symmetrical
• ? radiately adverb

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