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rarefy

音標['r??rifai] 讀音

漢語翻譯


vt. 使稀少, 使稀薄, 使純化, 精煉
vi. 變稀少, 變稀薄
【醫】 使稀疏, 使疏鬆

詞型變化:

形容詞:rarefiable 

英文解釋:

動詞 rarefy:

  1. lessen the density or solidity of
  2. make more subtle or refined
    同義詞:sublimate, subtilize
  3. weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
    同義詞:attenuate

例句:

  1. The rarefied fluid said to run in the veins of the gods.
    靈液諸神血管里流動著的稀有液體
  2. He moves in very rarefied circles; his friends are all lords.
    他活動於上流階層,結交的儘是貴族。

詳細解釋:


rarefy 也作 rar.i.fy

v.(動詞)
rar.e.fied,rar.e.fy.ing,rar.e.fies
v.tr.(及物動詞)
To make thin, less compact, or less dense.
使稀薄:使變瘦,變淡,變得不緊湊,不濃密
To purify or refine.
精煉:使變純或變精
v.intr.(不及物動詞)
To become thin or less compact or dense.
變稀薄,變得不濃

來源:
Middle English rarefien
中古英文 rarefien
from Old French rarefier
源自 古法文 rarefier
from Medieval Latin r3rific3re
源自 中世紀拉丁語 r3rific3re
alteration of Latin r3rôfacere
拉丁語 r3rôfacere的變化
r3rus [rare]
r3rus [稀有的]
facere [to make] * see dhô-
facere [使] *參見 dhô-

【引伸】
rar.efi.able
adj.(形容詞)

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