assimilateverb詞源 1/əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/

• 1

  To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.

  • Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.
  • Hence also it may be, that the Parts of Animals and Vegetables preserve their several Forms, and assimilate their Nourishment; [...]
• 2

  To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.

  • The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said.
  • His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons.
• 3

  To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.

  • The aliens in the science-fiction film wanted to assimilate human beings into their own race.
• 4

  rareTo liken, compare to something similar.

  • The use of an animal to kill, wound or threaten is assimilated to the use of a weapon.
• 5

  To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

  • March 13, 1866, John Bright, The reform bill on the motion for leave to bring in the bill to assimilate our law in respect to the law of Scotland
  • Fast falls a fleecy shower; the downy flakes / Assimilate all objects.
• 6

  To become similar.

• 7

  To be incorporated or absorbed into something.

• 8

  human-scienceslinguisticsphonologyTo undergo phonetic assimilation.

  • In Arabic, if a noun starts with a sun letter, it assimilates the lam sound of the of article al-, but if it starts with a moon letter, there is no change to the al-.

assimilateadj詞源 2

• 1

  obsoleteAssimilated.

• 2

  obsoleteSimilar, like, the same as.

assimilatenoun詞源 2

• 1

  obsoleteSomething that is or has been assimilated.

  • At low light intensity, high temperature delays the first flower initiation, as assimilate supply is limiting and high temperature reduces the amount of assimilate available in the plant[.]
  • the growing root and ectomycorrhizas both act as assimilate sinks
• 2

  obsoleteSomething that is like, similar to another.