conflate
英[k?n'fle?t]
美
- vt. 合并；異文合并
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?conflates;過去式:?conflated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?conflating;名詞:?conflation;
助記提示
1. con- "together" + flat- + -e.
2. literally "blow together".
3. => bring together, melt together.
中文詞源
conflate 合并
con-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-flat, 吹，膨脹，詞源同 blow, flatulent.
英文詞源
- conflate (v.)
- 1540s, from Latin conflat-, past participle stem of conflare "to blow up, kindle, light; bring together, compose," also "to melt together," literally "to blow together," from com- "with" (see com-) + flare "to blow" (see blow (v.1)).
雙語例句
- 1. Her letters conflate past and present.
- 在她的信中過去和現(xiàn)在融為一體。
來自辭典例句