Galvanize



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 电镀; 通电; 激励

Webster Collegiate

verb (-nized; -nizing)

• Date: 1802
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically <galvanize a muscle>
    • b. to stimulate or excite as if by an electric shock <an issue that would galvanize public opinion>
  • 2. to coat (iron or steel) with zinc; especially to immerse in molten zinc to produce a coating of zinc-iron alloy
• intransitive verb
  • to react as if stimulated by an electric shock <they galvanized into action>
• ? galvanization noun
• ? galvanizer noun

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