Hydrate



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 水化物v. 水化
• ［类］ aerate : oxygen / hydrate : water ( 充气需要氧气 / 水化需要水) 反义词: desiccate ( 变干)
• ［记］ hydr ( 水) +ate -> 使水化 -> 水化物

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Date: 1802
• a compound formed by the union of water with some other substance

II. verb (hydrated; hydrating)

• Date: 1846
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cause to take up or combine with water or the elements of water
  • 2. to supply with ample fluid or moisture <hydrates and softens the skin>
• intransitive verb
  • to become a hydrate
• ? hydration noun
• ? hydrator noun

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