dilute

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /daɪˈljuːt/    美 /daɪˈlut/|/dɪˈlut/|/dɑeˈlʉt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
    — On average, blues and other dilutes have weaker coats and skin problems seem more prevalent in the dilutes.
动词 v.
  1. To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water. transitive
    — Mix their watery store / With the chyle's current, and dilute it more.
  2. To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance. transitive
    — For if these Colours be diluted and weakened by the Mixture of any adventitious light, the distance between the places of the Paper will not be so great.
  3. To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares. transitive
  4. To become attenuated, thin, or weak. intransitive
    — It dilutes easily.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a low concentration.
    — Clean the panel with a dilute, neutral cleaner.
  2. Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
  3. Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
    — a dilute calico

词形变化

dilutes present,singular,third-person diluting participle,present diluted participle,past diluted past more dilute comparative most dilute superlative dilutes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
dilutee diluteness diluter dilutive haemodiluting overdilute predilute semidilute underdilute undilute dilute Russell's viper venom time
相关词
diluent dilutable dilutant dilution dilutory diluvium

词源

词源 1
From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge.
词源 2
From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge.
词源 3
From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge.
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