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subalternate

/suhb-awl-ter-nit, -al-/US // sʌbˈɔl tər nɪt, -ˈæl- //UK // (sʌbˈɔːltənɪt) //

中层以下,中层以下的,中尉,次级的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : subordinate.
    • : Botany. placed singly along an axis, but tending to become grouped oppositely.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as insubordinate

Examples

  • Shrubs or trees with opposite, rarely subalternate, simple, deciduous leaves.

  • One of the hens was his favourite, the others filled subalternate parts.

  • Branches irregular, divaricate nearly at rightangles, subalternate.