circumvallateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /sɜːkəmˈvæleɪt/

動詞

circumvallate (三人称単数 現在形 circumvallates, 現在分詞 circumvallating, 過去形および過去分詞形 circumvallated)

1. (transitive) To surround with, or as if with, a rampart.
   • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas:

     The settlement is circumvallated by a stake-fence, so decayed that one may gain ingress at a dozen places.

派生語

• circumvallation

形容詞

circumvallate (not comparable)

1. Surrounded with a wall; enclosed with a rampart.
2. (anatomy) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation.

   circumvallate papillae, near the base of the tongue

Latin

動詞

circumvāllāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of circumvāllō