individuate
verb [usually passive] (formal)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they individuate | |
he / she / it individuates | |
past simple individuated | |
past participle individuated | |
-ing form individuating |
to make somebody/something clearly different from other people or things of the same type 使个性化;使有明显特色 - be individuated
The noises were no longer individuated; there was just noise. 噪音不再是个性化的;只有噪音。
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin individuat- ‘singled out’, from the verb individuare, from Latin individuus, from in- ‘into’ + dividuus ‘divisible’ (from dividere ‘to divide’).- be individuated