"flattened on the ends," 1705, from Medieval Latin oblatus "flattened," from Latin ob "toward" (see ob-) + latus, abstracted from its opposite, prolatus "lengthened" (see oblate (n.)).
oblate (n.)
"person devoted to religious work," 1756, from Medieval Latin oblatus, noun use of Latin oblatus, variant past participle of offerre "to offer, to bring before," from ob- (see ob-) + latus "carried, borne" (used as suppletive past participle of ferre "to bear"), from *tlatos, from PIE root *tele- "to bear, carry" (see extol).
雙語例句
1. The earth is an oblate sphere.
地球是一扁圓球體.
來自辭典例句
2. A toom purse makes an oblate merchant.
口袋一文不名,會使商人煩悶.
來自辭典例句
3. Fruit oblate, 1.7 cm in diameter, base with persistent bracts and sepals.
果扁球形, 直徑1.7厘米, 基部托以宿存苞片和萼片.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Anyway, this book says the earth is more like an oblate spheroid.