despumate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To skim the froth or other impurities from a liquid, to clarify, purify. transitive
  2. To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam. intransitive
  3. To throw off as foam, froth. transitive

词形变化

despumates present,singular,third-person despumating participle,present despumated participle,past despumated past

词汇关系

相关词
despumation

词源

First attested in 1651; borrowed from Latin dēspūmātus, perfect passive participle of dēspūmō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + spūmō (“to foam, froth”), spūma (“foam, froth, scum”) + -ō. Doublet of despume.
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