Leach

[liːtʃ] or [litʃ]

解释:

(noun.) the process of leaching.

(verb.) remove substances from by a percolating liquid; 'leach the soil'.

(verb.) permeate or penetrate gradually; 'the fertilizer leached into the ground'.

(verb.) cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate.

手打:莎伦--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) See 3d Leech.

(n.) A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.

(n.) A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.

(v. t.) To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.

(v. t.) To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.

(v. i.) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

(n.) See Leech, a physician.

校对:菲利斯

解释:

n. Same as Leech.

v.t. to wash or drain away by percolation of water esp. to make lye by leaching ashes—also Letch.—ns. Leach′-trough -tub a trough or tub in which ashes are leached.—adj. Leach′y liable to be leached letting water percolate through.

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