precipitate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /pɹɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/|/pɹəˈsɪpɪteɪt/    美 /pɹɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/|/pɹəˈsɪpɪteɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action.
    — As for the musculature it is a precipitate of Spirit and the signature of the cosmos is in it.
  2. A solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution.
动词 v.
  1. To make something happen suddenly and quickly. transitive
    — to precipitate a journey, or a conflict
  2. To throw an object or person from a great height. transitive
    — In gallopping heedlessly along, with her eyes turned upwards, she had unwarily approached too near the bank; it had given way with her, and she and her horse had been precipitated to the pebbled margin of the river.
  3. To send violently into a certain state or condition. transitive
    — we were precipitated into a conflict
  4. (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form. intransitive
    — Adding the acid will cause the salt to precipitate.
  5. (chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form. transitive
  6. To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets. intransitive
    — It will precipitate tomorrow, but we don't know whether as rain or snow.
  7. To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground. transitive
    — The light vapour of the preceding evening had been precipitated by the cold.
  8. To fall headlong. intransitive
  9. To act too hastily; to be precipitous. intransitive
形容词 adj.
  1. headlong; falling steeply or vertically.
    — When the full stores their ancient bounds disdain, / Precipitate the furious torrent flows.
  2. Very steep; precipitous.
  3. With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong.
    — Though thoughtful far beyond your years, you are very inexperienced; and I would not have a preference that may originate in your little knowledge of others, or a romantic exaggeration of slight kindnesses, lead you into a precipitate union with me, unless you most seriously examine your own heart, and weigh the various consequences.
  4. Moving with excessive speed or haste; overly hasty.
    — The king was too precipitate in declaring war.
  5. Performed very rapidly or abruptly.
    — It had cost me a distinct psychological effort to do so, and now that I was shut inside I had a momentary longing for precipitate retreat.

词形变化

precipitates present,singular,third-person precipitating participle,present precipitated participle,past precipitated past præcipitate alternative more precipitate comparative most precipitate superlative præcipitate alternative precipitates plural præcipitate alternative

词汇关系

近义词
headlong
衍生词
bioprecipitate coprecipitate cryoprecipitate immunoprecipitate nanoprecipitate photoprecipitate precipitated precipitator reprecipitate precipitately precipitateness unprecipitate microprecipitate precipitin red precipitate white precipitate yellow precipitate
相关词
precipice precipitation praecipito precipitous

词源

词源 1
From Latin praecipitātus, perfect passive participle of praecipitō (“throw down, hurl down, throw headlong”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from praeceps (“head foremost, headlong”) (praecipit- in its oblique stem), from prae (“before”) + -ceps (“headed”).
词源 2
From Latin praecipitātus (see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more).
词源 3
From New Latin praecipitatum. Equivalent to Latin praecipitō + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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