Centrifuge



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 离心机
• ［英］ n. 离心机 ( rotating machine using centrifugal force to separate substances)
• ［类］ centrifuge : separate / colander : drain ( 离心机可以用来分离 / 过滤器可以用来排液)
• ［记］ centr ( 中心) +fuge ( 逃) -> 逃离中心的 -> 离心机

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: French, from centrifuge centrifugal, from New Latin centrifugus
• Date: 1887
• a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects

II. transitive verb (-fuged; -fuging)

• Date: circa 1895
• to subject to centrifugal action especially in a centrifuge

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