oblate
oblate1
[ˈɒbleɪt]
noun
oblate2
[ˈɒbleɪt]
adjective
[ˈɒbleɪt]
noun
- a person dedicated to a religious life, but typically having not taken full monastic vows
（尤指尚未正式皈依的）修道人
- late 17th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin oblatus, past participle (used as a noun) of Latin offerre 'to offer'
oblate2
[ˈɒbleɪt]
adjective
- (Geometry)(of a spheroid) flattened at the poles
(几何)（球体）椭圆的，扁圆的。 常与 prolate 相对
- early 18th cent.: from modern Latin oblatus (from ob- 'inversely' + -latus 'carried'), on the pattern of Latin prolatus 'prolonged'
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