im·bri·cate /ˈɪmbrəˌket/
 (vt.)(vi.)(使)邊緣重疊成瓦狀(a.)重疊成瓦狀的,鱗狀的


 im·bri·cate /ˈɪmbrəˌket/ 及物動詞
 (拉,imbricatus)覆瓦狀的,瓦狀疊覆,使成鱗狀,鱗狀的,重疊的


 Im·bri·cate Im·bri·ca·ted a.
 1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
 2. Lying over each other in regular order, so as to “break joints,” like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in æstivation.
 3. In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.

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 Im·bri·cate v. t. To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface.

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 imbricate
      adj : used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered
            as scales or shingles [syn: imbricated]
      v 1: place so as to overlap; "imbricate the roof tiles"
      2: overlap; "The roof tiles imbricate"