资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Oblate \Ob*late"\, a. [L. oblatus, used as p. p. of offerre to
   bring forward, offer, dedicate; ob (see {Ob-}) + latus borne,
   for tlatus. See {Tolerate}.]
   1. (Geom.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth
      is an oblate spheroid.

   2. Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used
      chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders.
      See {Oblate}, n.

   {Oblate ellipsoid} or {spheroid} (Geom.), a solid generated
      by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis; an
      oblatum. See {Ellipsoid of revolution}, under {Ellipsoid}.