Diffuse
[dɪ'fjuːz] or [dɪ'fjus]
解释:
(verb.) move outward; 'The soldiers fanned out'.
(adj.) spread out; not concentrated in one place; 'a large diffuse organization' .
(adj.) lacking conciseness; 'a diffuse historical novel' .
奥尔多手打--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to diffuse information.
(v. i.) To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.
(a.) Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full; esp., of style, opposed to concise or terse; verbose; prolix; as, a diffuse style; a diffuse writer.
整理:彼得
同义词及近义词：
v. a. Disperse, scatter, disseminate, spread, circulate, propagate, distribute, pour out, send abroad, spread abroad.
a. Prolix, copious, rambling, loose, verbose, wordy, diffusive, long-winded, long-spun, spun out.
录入:罗兰
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Discursive, prolix, verbose, diluted, copious
ANT:Laconic, epigrammatic, terse, condensed
编辑:纽曼
解释:
adj. diffused: widely spread: wordy: not concise.—adv. Diffuse′ly.—n. Diffuse′ness.
v.t. to pour out all round: to send out in all directions: to scatter: to circulate: to publish.—v.i. to spread as a liquid does.—pa.p. and adj. Diffused′ spread widely: loose.—adv. Diffus′edly.—ns. Diffus′edness; Diffus′er; Diffusibil′ity.—adj. Diffus′ible that may be diffused.—ns. Diffū′sion a spreading or scattering abroad: extension: distribution: in the case of gases or liquids in contact mixture through each other; Diffū′sion-tube an instrument for determining the rate of diffusion for different gases.—adj. Diffus′ive extending: spreading widely.—adv. Diffus′ively.—n. Diffus′iveness.
手打:维罗妮卡
例句:
- The paper was first dipped into a solution of common salt, and then wiped dry, to diffuse the salt uniformly through the substance of the paper. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- Nor does the thin atmosphere refract the sun's rays or diffuse its light as upon Earth. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- One can imagine a more and more diffuse state of the nebulous matter. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Flora, who had seemed enchanting in all she said and thought, was diffuse and silly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- They ranged from a faint trace of extensive diffuse nebulosity to a nebulous star with a mere vestige of cloudiness. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Edison had observed the tendency of this force to diffuse itself in various directions through the air and through matter, hence the name Etheric that he had provisionally applied to it. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- It was something diffuse and generalised about him, which she could not stand. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Let (A) be a common, widely-diffused, and varying species, belonging to a genus large in its own country. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- They were neither so abundant nor so civilized as the still more widely diffused Greeks, but they had a tradition of greater solidarity. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- This haziness is occasioned by the great quantity of moisture equally diffused in that air. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- This matter of lightning or of electricity is an extreme subtile fluid, penetrating other bodies, and subsisting in them, equally diffused. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- The presence of Safie diffused happiness among its inhabitants; and I also found that a greater degree of plenty reigned there. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- We have, also, seen that the species, which are the commonest and most widely-diffused, vary more than do the rare and restricted species. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Under all conditions the light is properly screened and diffused to suit the critical eye of the camera man. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- That's my manner of diffusing 'em. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- She could not figure herself as anywhere but in a drawing-room, diffusing elegance as a flower sheds perfume. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- There, Margaret, the sun is for ever visible; its broad disk just skirting the horizon, and diffusing a perpetual splendour. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- But the most common species of love is that which first arises from beauty, and afterwards diffuses itself into kindness and into the bodily appetite. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
整理:希欧多尔