Oxidize



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 氧化, 生锈
• ［英］ v. 氧化, 生锈 ( to unite with oxygen in burning or rusting)
• ［记］ oxid ( 氧化物) +ize -> 氧化

Webster Collegiate

verb (-dized; -dizing)

• Date: 1806
• transitive verb
  • 1. to combine with oxygen
  • 2. to dehydrogenate especially by the action of oxygen
  • 3. to change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence ; remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule)
• intransitive verb
  • to become oxidized
• ? oxidizable adjective

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