mineralize

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To convert to a mineral; to petrify. transitive
    — in all these cases , the bones found in caverns are never mineralised, but simply in the state of grave bones more or less decayed or incrusted by stalagmite ; and have no farther connexion with the rocks themselves
  2. To impregnate with minerals. transitive
    — mineralized water
  3. To mineralogize; to collect and study minerals. intransitive
    — He was a senior when he asked Barnes if he ever went "mineralizing," referred admiringly to Bowdoin's Professor Cleaveland, and expressed a wish to "give a good knock about the rocks in Maine."

词形变化

mineralizes present,singular,third-person mineralizing participle,present mineralized participle,past mineralized past

词汇关系

反义词
demineralize
衍生词
biomineralize mineralized mineralizer permineralize remineralize

词源

Etymology tree
English mineral
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English mineralize
From mineral + -ize.
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