expatiate

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expatiate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ex·pa·ti·ate /ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪt/ verb 1.expatiate on/upon something phrasal verb formalDETAIL to speak or write in detail about a particular subject 详述，阐述→ See Verb tableOrigin expatiate (1500-1600) Latin exspatiatus, past paticiple of exspatiari “to wander freely”, from spatium “space”

ex·pa·ti·ate verbChineseSyllable

Corpus about or a to in detail speak particular write

expatiate
ex‧pa‧ti‧ate /ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪt/

verb

Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: exspatiatus, past paticiple of exspatiari 'to wander freely', from spatium 'space'

expatiate on/upon something phrasal verb
formal to speak or write in detail about a particular subject

ex·pati·ate

BrE

/ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪt/

NAmE

/ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪt/

verb

present simple - I / you / we / they

expatiate

BrE

/ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪt/

NAmE

/ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪt/

present simple - he / she / it

expatiates

BrE

/ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪts/

NAmE

/ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪts/

past simple

expatiated

BrE

/ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪtɪd/

NAmE

/ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪtɪd/

past participle

expatiated

BrE

/ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪtɪd/

NAmE

/ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪtɪd/

-ing form

expatiating

BrE

/ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪtɪŋ/

NAmE

/ɪkˈspeɪʃieɪtɪŋ/

●exˈpatiate on/upon sth

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formal

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to write or speak in detail about a subject 详述；细说；阐述