embrocate
英 ['embr??ke?t]
美['?mbro,ket]
- vt. 涂擦藥液
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?embrocates;過(guò)去式:?embrocated;過(guò)去分詞:?embrocated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?embrocating;
英文詞源
- 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.).