imbricate
英 ['ɪmbrɪkeɪt] 美 ['ɪmbrɪˌkeɪt]

v.

（使）边缘重叠成瓦状；

adj.

重叠成瓦状的，鳞状的；

英英释义

imbricate[ 'imbrikit, -keit ]

• v.
  • place so as to overlap

    "imbricate the roof tiles"

  • overlap

    "The roof tiles imbricate"

• adj.used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles

  同义词：imbricated

权威例句

Patterns of imbricate thrusting
Imbricate thrust zone model of the S. Uplands of Scotland
Imbricate thrust model of the Southern Uplands of Scotland
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UNIFYING IMBRICATED FLOWS
On The Xuzhou-Suzhou Arcuate Duplex-Imbricate Fan Thrust System
The emerging, imbricate frontal wedge of the Hikurangi margin, in South Pacific Sedimentary Basins, Sediment
Duplex structures and imbricate thrust systems: geometry, structural position, and hydrocarbon potential
Episodic imbricate thrusting and underthrusting: Analog experiments and mechanical analysis applied to the Alaskan Accretionary Wedge
Recognition of fine-scale imbricate thrusts in lower Paleozoic orogenic belts—An example from the Roberts Mountains allochthon, Nev...
Crustal extension along a rooted system of imbricate low-angle faults: Colorado River extensional corridor, California and Arizona