detoxify

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To remove foreign and harmful substances from something. transitive
    — As a result of this, in some way or other, unknown to us, a diminished power of oxidation results and the organism loses the power to detoxify substances absorbed from the intestine which have been present there in excess; […]
  2. To make something that is harmful more benign. transitive
    — We can either break as a nation or find a way to detoxify our politics.

词形变化

detoxifies present,singular,third-person detoxifying participle,present detoxified participle,past detoxified past de-toxify alternative

词汇关系

近义词
detoxicate
衍生词
detoxifiable detoxificant detoxification detoxifier undetoxified

词源

Attested since 1905 (twelve years earlier than toxify), from de- + tox- + -ify. (Detoxicate is attested one year earlier, since 1904.)
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