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radiate

verb
🔊/ˈreɪdieɪt/
🔊/ˈreɪdieɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they radiate
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🔊/ˈreɪdieɪt/
he / she / it radiates
🔊/ˈreɪdieɪts/
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past simple radiated
🔊/ˈreɪdieɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈreɪdieɪtɪd/
past participle radiated
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-ing form radiating
🔊/ˈreɪdieɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈreɪdieɪtɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] if a person radiates a particular quality or emotion, or if it radiates from them, people can see it very clearly（使品质或情感）显出，流露
    • radiate something He radiated self-confidence and optimism.他显得自信乐观。🔊🔊
    • radiate from somebody the energy that seemed to radiate from her似乎从她身上散发出来的能量
  2. [transitive, intransitive] if something radiates heat, light or energy or heat, etc. radiates from it, the heat is sent out in all directions （使热、光、能量）辐射，放射，发散synonym give off something
    • radiate something The hot stars radiate energy.灼热的恒星发射出能量。
    • radiate (from something) Heat radiates from the stove.炉子的热向外散发。🔊🔊
    Topics Physics and chemistryc1
  3. [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of lines, etc.直线等) to spread out in all directions from a central point自中心辐射出；向周围伸展
    • Five roads radiate from the square.五条道路由广场向外延伸。🔊🔊
    • The pain started in my stomach and radiated all over my body.我起初只是肚子疼，后来全身都疼。🔊🔊
    • the paths radiating out from the village乡村辐射出的小径
    4. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin radiat- ‘emitted in rays’, from the verb radiare, from radius ‘ray, spoke’.