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decussate的意思

decussate
英式音标[dɪ'kʌsɪt]
美式英标[dɪ'kʌseɪt; 'dekəseɪt]

基本解释

adj. 交叉的;直角交叉的

vi. 交叉成十字形;交叉成X形

英文词源

decussate (v.)
1650s, from Latin decussatus, past participle of decussare "to divide crosswise, to cross in the form of an 'X,'" from decussis "the figure 'ten'" (in Roman numerals, represented by X) from decem "ten" (see ten). As an adjective, from 1825.