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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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