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Latin Gravitate 12942.Gravitate 英 Grævɪteɪt]美 ɡrævɪtet 释义 Vi

正面 12942.gravitate
英 ['grævɪteɪt]美 ['ɡrævɪtet]

背面
释义:
vi. 受引力作用;被吸引
例句:
1. Most visitors to New York gravitate to Times Square.大多数来纽约的游客都被吸引到时代广场.

“很紧”----铰链很紧,转不动1. hang => hinge.2. The notion is the thing from which a door hangs.3. hinge把门板挂在门框里的东西。

gravitate (v.)1640s, "exert weight; move downward" (obsolete), from Modern Latin gravitare (16c. in scientific writing), from Latin gravitas "heaviness, weight," from gravis "heavy" (see grave (adj.)). Meaning "be affected by gravity" is from 1690s. Figurative sense "be strongly attracted to, have a natural tendency toward" is from 1670s. Related: Gravitated; gravitating. The classical Latin verb was gravare "to make heavy, burden, oppress, aggravate.""

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