foliate
英[\'fəʊlɪeɪt]
美[\'foʊlɪˌeɪt]
基本释义
- adj.
- 有叶的，覆有叶的; 叶状的，叶状的
- vi.
- 生叶
- vt.
- 把…打成箔; 加叶饰
英英释义
Verb
1. hammer into thin flat foils;
"foliate metal"
2. decorate with leaves
3. coat or back with metal foil;
"foliate glass"
4. number the pages of a book or manuscript
5. grow leaves;
"the tree foliated in Spring"
Adjective
1. ornamented with foliage or foils;
"foliate tracery"
"a foliated capital"
2. (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves;
"`foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'"
3. (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata