evaporate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪt/    美 /ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹeɪt/|/ɪˈvæp.ə.ɹæɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state. ergative
    — When an ultrasonic beam is fired at the microcannons, the emulsion evaporates, expanding rapidly into gas. This creates enough force to push the nanobullets out at velocities reaching several metres per second.
  2. To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion. transitive
    — to evaporate apples
  3. To give vent to; to dissipate. figuratively,transitive
    — [M]y lord of Eſſex choſe to evaporate his thoughts in a Sonnet (being his common vvay) to be ſung before the Queen, […]
  4. To disappear; to escape or pass off without effect. figuratively,intransitive
    — Near-synonym: go up in smoke
  5. To cause to disappear or to escape or pass off without effect. figuratively,transitive
    — Gay people have belabored on this issue far too long and far too hard to allow the efforts of years to be evaporated through this obscene ruling. Our fights will continue, if not in the courts, then in the legislatures.
形容词 adj.
  1. evaporated obsolete

词形变化

evaporates present,singular,third-person evaporating participle,present evaporated participle,past evaporated past more evaporate comparative most evaporate superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
coevaporate evaporative nonevaporated nonevaporating photoevaporate reevaporate unevaporated
相关词
evaporation evaporator vapour

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1545, borrowed from Latin ēvapōrātus, the perfect passive participle of ēvapōrō (“to evaporate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also Middle English evaporaten (“to draw off humors or "spirits" as "vapor"”) and evaporen (“to draw off bodily fluid, an excess or toxic matter by converting it into "vapor"; to treat (a part of the body) by drawing off toxic matter converted into "vapor"”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
词源 2
First attested in 1545, borrowed from Latin ēvapōrātus, the perfect passive participle of ēvapōrō (“to evaporate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also Middle English evaporaten (“to draw off humors or "spirits" as "vapor"”) and evaporen (“to draw off bodily fluid, an excess or toxic matter by converting it into "vapor"; to treat (a part of the body) by drawing off toxic matter converted into "vapor"”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
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