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alate

/ey-leyt/US // ˈeɪ leɪt //UK // (ˈeɪleɪt) //

藻酸盐,醇化,藻类,醇酸酯

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Also a·lat·ed.

    • : having wings; winged.
    • : having membranous expansions like wings.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Alate -us: winged; with lobes similar to wings in appearance though not necessarily in function.

  • So she knew that, since the natives were non-alate, she was not to take wing on Earth.

  • Cells more or less pyriform, alate, narrow below, bulging or ventricose upwards.