sublimate

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A product obtained by sublimation.
动词 v.
  1. To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.; To change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently. transitive
  2. To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.; To change (a substance) from a gas into a solid through sublimation. transitive
  3. To refine (something) until it disappears or loses all meaning. broadly,figuratively,transitive
  4. To modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of (such an instinct) into some acceptable activity. broadly,figuratively,transitive
    — Foreigners extol the American "energy" […] Basically it is the energy of violence, of free-floating resentment and anxiety unleashed by chronic cultural dislocations which must be, for the most part, ferociously sublimated. This energy has mainly been sublimated into crude materialism and acquisitiveness.
  5. To obtain (something) through, or as if through, sublimation. archaic,broadly,figuratively,transitive
  6. To purify or refine (a substance). archaic,broadly,figuratively,transitive
    — The precepts of Christianity are […] so apt […] to cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt.
  7. Synonym of sublime.; To raise (someone) to a high office or status; to dignify, to elevate, to exalt. also,broadly,figuratively,transitive
  8. Synonym of sublime.; To raise something to a state of excellence; to improve. broadly,figuratively,transitive
  9. Of a substance: to change from a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid state, with or without being heated. intransitive
  10. Of a substance: to change from a gas into a solid without passing through the liquid state. intransitive
  11. To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity. figuratively,intransitive
  12. Synonym of sublime (“to become higher in quality or status; to improve”). figuratively,intransitive

词形变化

sublimates present,singular,third-person sublimating participle,present sublimated participle,past sublimated past sublimates plural

词汇关系

反义词
deposit desublimate
上位词
gasify refine
衍生词
resublime resublimination sublimability sublimable sublimatable sublimated sublimating sublimation sublimational sublimator sublime sublimed sublimer subliming unsublimated unsublimed
相关词
corrosive sublimate
并列词
boil vaporate vaporise vaporize

词源

词源 1
From Middle English sublymate, from Latin sublīmātus, past participle of sublīmāre (“to raise, elevate”).
词源 2
From Middle English sublymate, from Latin sublīmātus, past participle of sublīmāre (“to raise, elevate”).
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