Distill



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 蒸馏
• ［英］ v. 蒸馏 ( turn a liquid to vapor by heating)
• ［类］ 反义词: distill : purity / leaven : volume ( 蒸馏使纯度加大 / 发酵使体积加大)
• ［记］ dis ( 分开) +still ( 小水滴) -> 蒸馏

Webster Collegiate

also distil verb (distilled; distilling)

• Etymology: Middle English distillen, from Anglo-French distiller, from Late Latin distillare, alteration of Latin destillare, from de- + stillare to drip, from stilla drop
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to let fall, exude, or precipitate in drops or in a wet mist
  • 2.
    • a. to subject to or transform by distillation <distill molasses into rum>
    • b. to obtain by or as if by distillation <distill whiskey><able to distill humor from personal loss>
    • c. to extract the essence of ; concentrate
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to fall or materialize in drops or in a fine moisture
    • b. to appear slowly or in small quantities at a time
  • 2.
    • a. to undergo distillation
    • b. to perform distillation

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