Saponify

[sә'pɒnifai]

解释:

(verb.) convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali; 'saponify oils and fats'.

(verb.) become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali; 'the oil saponified'.

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解释:

(v. t.) To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate.

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