imbricated的中文意思、音标与词形变化

[医]覆瓦状的, 叠瓦状的

a. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile. a. Lying over each other in regular order, so as to "break joints," like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in aestivation. a. In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.