名詞 oblate:

1. a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life

形容詞 oblate:

1. having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles
   同義詞：pumpkin-shaped

1. The earth is an oblate sphere.
   地球是一扁圓球體。

oblate

adj.（形容詞）
Having the shape of a spheroid generated by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis.
扁圓的，橢圓的：繞其短軸旋轉(zhuǎn)橢圓而得到的球形的
Having an equatorial diameter greater than the distance between poles; compressed along or flattened at the poles:
扁圓的：赤道直徑大于兩極距離的；在極點(diǎn)壓縮或扁平的：
例句：
Planet Earth is an oblate solid.
地球是扁圓形的固體

來源：
Probably New Latin obl3tus
可能為 現(xiàn)代拉丁語 obl3tus
Latin ob- [toward] * see ob-
拉丁語 ob- [朝，向] *參見 ob-
Latin l3tus [past participle of] ferre [to carry] as in Latin prôl3tus [prolate] * see prolate
拉丁語 l3tus [] ferre的過去分詞 [背，扛，提] 如在 拉丁語 prôl3tus [扁長的，長球形的] *參見 prolate
* see tel…-
*參見 tel…-

【引伸】
ob.late.ly
adv.（副詞）
ob.late.ness
n.（名詞）

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oblate
oblate 2

n.（名詞）
A layperson dedicated to religious life.
獻(xiàn)身宗教生活的俗人
Oblate Roman Catholic Church A member of one of various religious communities for men or women.
Oblate 【羅馬天主教】 修士，修女：各種男女宗教團(tuán)體的成員

來源：
Medieval Latin obl3tus
中世紀(jì)拉丁語 obl3tus
from Latin [past participle of] offerre [to offer] * see offer
源自 拉丁語 [] offerre的過去分詞 [提供] *參見 offer