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 ob·late /ɑˈblet, ˈɑˌ/
 獻身于修道院生活的人(a.)奉為神聖的,扁平的,扁圓的

 Ob·late a.
 1. Geom. Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid.
 2. Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders.  See Oblate, n.
 Oblate ellipsoid  or Oblate spheroid Geom., a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis; an oblatum. Contrasted with prolate spheroid.  See Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.

 Ob·late, n.  R. C. Ch. (a) One of an association of priests or religious women who have offered themselves to the service of the church.  There are three such associations of priests, and one of women, called oblates. (b) One of the Oblati.
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 oblate
      adj : having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar
            diameter; being flattened at the poles [syn: pumpkin-shaped]
            [ant: prolate]
      n : a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious
          life