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embrocate

英 ['embrəʊkeɪt] 美['ɛmbro,ket]
  • vt. 涂擦药液

词态变化


第三人称单数: embrocates;过去式: embrocated;过去分词: embrocated;现在分词: embrocating;

英文词源


embrocate (v.)
1610s, from Medieval Latin embrocatus, past participle of embrocare, from Late Latin embrocha, from Greek embrokhe "lotion, fomentation," from embrekhein "to soak in, foment," from assimilated form of en (see en- (2)) + brekhein "to water, wet, rain, send rain," related to brokhe "rain," from PIE root *mergh- "to wet, sprinkle, rain." Related: Embrocated; embrocating; embrocation (early 15c.).