dissipate英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

动词 v.

To drive away, disperse. transitive

— August 1773, James Cook, journal entry I soon dissipated his fears.
To use up or waste; squander. transitive

— The vast wealth […] was in three years dissipated.
To vanish by dispersion. intransitive
To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat.

— The traction motors serve as generators when dynamic braking is used, the generated output being dissipated in fan-cooled resistance banks mounted in a removable roof section.
To be dissolute in conduct. colloquial,dated,intransitive

形容词 adj.

dissipated obsolete

词形变化

dissipates present,singular,third-person dissipating participle,present dissipated participle,past dissipated past more dissipate comparative most dissipate superlative

词汇关系

衍生词

dissipater dissipator dissipatory

词源

词源 1

The verb is first attested in 1425, in Middle English, the adjective from 1606 to 1765; from Middle English dissipaten, from Latin dissipātus, perfect passive participle of dissipō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), also written dissupō (“to scatter, disperse, demolish, destroy, squander, dissipate”), from dis- (“apart”) + supō (“to throw”). Doublet of dissipe (“to dissipate”), now obsolete.

词源 2

The verb is first attested in 1425, in Middle English, the adjective from 1606 to 1765; from Middle English dissipaten, from Latin dissipātus, perfect passive participle of dissipō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), also written dissupō (“to scatter, disperse, demolish, destroy, squander, dissipate”), from dis- (“apart”) + supō (“to throw”). Doublet of dissipe (“to dissipate”), now obsolete.