interpolate
verbVerb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they interpolate | |
he / she / it interpolates | |
past simple interpolated | |
past participle interpolated | |
-ing form interpolating |
- + speech | interpolate something (formal)
to make a remark that interrupts a conversation synonym interject插话;插嘴 - interpolate something (into something) (formal)
to add something to a piece of writing synonym insert(在文章中)插入,添加内容 - interpolate something (
mathematics )数学 to add a value into a series by calculating it from surrounding known values 插值;内插
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin interpolat- ‘refurbished, altered’, from the verb interpolare, from inter- ‘between’ + -polare (related to polire ‘to polish’).