deliquiate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce. intransitive
    — Its strong taste, its tendency to deliquiate, and indeed all its properties, lead us to think, that it would act powerfully on the animal œconomy […]
  2. To cause to melt. transitive

词形变化

deliquiates present,singular,third-person deliquiating participle,present deliquiated participle,past deliquiated past

词源

First attested in 1668; either from deliquium + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or an alteration of deliquate.
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