chiefly Zoology & Botany 【主动, 主植】
/ˈɪmbrɪkeɪt/
with obj.［usu. as adj. imbricated］
1- arrange (scales, sepals, plates, etc.) so that they overlap like roof tiles使（鳞片、萼片、板形器官等）覆瓦状叠盖, 使成覆瓦状：
these moulds have spherical bodies composed of imbricated triangular plates.
这些霉菌有覆瓦状三角形板组成的球形体。
1.1
- no obj. [usu. as adj. imbricating ] overlap交叠：
a coating of imbricating scales.
一层交叠的鳞片。
派生词
imbrication
noun词源
early 17th cent. （in the sense 'shaped like a pantile'）： from Latin imbricat-, 'covered with roof tiles', from the verb imbricare, from imbrex, imbric- 'roof tile' （from imber 'shower of rain'）.