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osculate vt. 接吻,接触
vi. 有共通点 接吻,接触有共通点 osculate v 1: be intermediate between two taxonomic groups; " These species osculate" 2: have at least three points in common with; " one curve osculates the other"; " these two surfaces osculate" 3: touch with the lips or press the lips ( against someone' s mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.; " The newly married couple kissed"; " She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room" [ synonym: { snog}, { kiss}, { buss}, { osculate}] Osculate \ Os" cu* late\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Osculated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Osculating}.] [ L. osculatus, p. p. of osculari to kiss, fr. osculum a little mouth, a kiss, dim. of os mouth. See { Oral}, and cf. { Oscillate}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To kiss. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Geom.) To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See { Osculation}, 2. [ 1913 Webster]
Osculate \ Os" cu* late\, v. i. 1. To kiss one another; to kiss. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Geom.) To touch closely. See { Osculation}, 2. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Biol.) To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See { Osculant}. [ 1913 Webster] 26 Moby Thesaurus words for " osculate": blow a kiss, brush, brush by, bus, buss, caress, come in contact, contact, glance, graze, hit, impinge, kiss, lip, nudge, peck, rub, scrape, shave, sideswipe, skim, skirt, smack, smooch, squeak by, touch
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