dissipation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste. countable,uncountable
    — without loss or dissipation of the matter
  2. A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness. countable,uncountable
    — 18th century, Patrick Henry in a parliamentary debate to reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance
  3. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention. countable,uncountable
    — Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a thousand avocations and dissipations.
  4. A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system. countable,uncountable
    — They conclude[…] the planet will have a final period of rotation between 56 and 88 days, depending on the assumed form of the dissipation function.

词形变化

dissipations plural

词汇关系

衍生词
dissipational dissipation factor dissipation function dissipationless dissipation trail distrail nondissipation power dissipation

词源

From Middle English dissipacion, dissipacioun, from Late Latin dissipātiō. Morphologically dissipate + -ion.
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