解释
- vt. 使有污点；弄污
- adj. 有污点的
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中文词源
maculate 有斑点的
来自macula,斑点，污点。
英文词源
- maculate (adj.)
- "spotted," late 15c., from Latin maculatus, past participle of maculare "to make spotted, to speckle," from macula "spot, stain" (see macula). Middle English also had maculation "sexual defilement, sinning" (late 15c.).
- maculate (v.)
- early 15c., from Latin maculatus, past participle of maculare "to make spotted, to speckle," from macula "spot, stain" (see macula). Related: Maculated; maculating.