articulate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they articulate | |
| he / she / it articulates | |
| past simple articulated | |
| past participle articulated | |
| -ing form articulating |
- [transitive] articulate something (to somebody) (formal)
to express or explain your thoughts or feelings clearly in words 明确表达；清楚说明 She struggled to articulate her thoughts. 她竭力表明她的想法。 It is the school’s duty to articulate its practices to parents. 学校有责任向家长阐明自己的做法。
Extra ExamplesTopics Languagec1She cannot articulate her feelings very well. 她不能够很好地表达自己的感情。 You need to articulate clearly what you are trying to achieve. 你需要清楚地表达你想要达到的目标。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- clearly
- well
- explicitly
- …
- [intransitive, transitive]
to speak, pronounce or play something in a clear way 口齿清楚；清晰吐（词）；清晰发（音） He was too drunk to articulate properly. 他醉得连话都说不清楚。 - articulate something
Every note was carefully articulated. 每个音都唱得很认真、很清楚。 She spoke slowly, articulating each word clearly. 她说得很慢，每一个字都说得很清楚。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- clearly
- well
- …
- [intransitive] articulate (with something) (formal)
to be related to something so that together the two parts form a whole 与…合成整体 - [intransitive, transitive] (specialist)
to be joined to something else by a joint, so that movement is possible; to join something in this way 用关节连接；链合；铰接 - articulate (with something)
bones that articulate with others 与其他骨骼以关节相连的骨骼 - articulate something
a robot with articulated limbs 关节型四肢机器人
- articulate (with something)
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin articulatus, past participle of articulare ‘divide into joints, utter distinctly’, from articulus ‘small connecting part’, diminutive of artus ‘joint’.