percolate

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɜːkəleɪt/    美 /ˈpɝkəleɪt/|/ˈpɝkjəleɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A liquid that has been percolated. rare
    — Fluidextracts are liquid alcoholic preparations of uniform and definite strength, made by percolating drugs with menstrua, and concentrating a portion of the percolate […]
动词 v.
  1. To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter. transitive
    — Fluidextracts are liquid alcoholic preparations of uniform and definite strength, made by percolating drugs with menstrua, and concentrating a portion of the percolate […]
  2. To drain or seep through a porous substance. intransitive
    — Water percolates through sand.
  3. To make (coffee) in a percolator. transitive
    — I'll percolate some coffee.
  4. (of coffee) to be prepared by percolation; (of a coffee pot) to brew coffee in this way. intransitive
  5. To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised. figuratively,intransitive
    — Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation.

词形变化

percolates present,singular,third-person percolating participle,present percolated participle,past percolated past percolates plural

词汇关系

衍生词
overpercolated percolative repercolate subpercolating unpercolated
相关词
percolation percolator colander coulee

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Latin percōlātus, perfect passive participle of percōlō (“to filter”), itself, from per (“through”) + cōlō (“to strain”) (from cōlum (“a strainer”), of unknown origin); see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
词源 2
Borrowed from Latin percōlātus, perfect passive participle of percōlō (“to filter”), itself, from per (“through”) + cōlō (“to strain”) (from cōlum (“a strainer”), of unknown origin); see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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