Diffuse
[dɪ'fjuːz] or [dɪ'fjus]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞：
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.
錄入:罗兰
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Discursive, prolix, verbose, diluted, copious
ANT:Laconic, epigrammatic, terse, condensed
編輯:纽曼
解釋/意思:
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/造句/用法:
- 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·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Nor does the thin atmosphere refract the sun's rays or diffuse its light as upon Earth. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- One can imagine a more and more diffuse state of the nebulous matter. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Flora, who had seemed enchanting in all she said and thought, was diffuse and silly. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- They ranged from a faint trace of extensive diffuse nebulosity to a nebulous star with a mere vestige of cloudiness. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It was something diffuse and generalised about him, which she could not stand. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Let (A) be a common, widely-diffused, and varying species, belonging to a genus large in its own country. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- This haziness is occasioned by the great quantity of moisture equally diffused in that air. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- This matter of lightning or of electricity is an extreme subtile fluid, penetrating other bodies, and subsisting in them, equally diffused. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The presence of Safie diffused happiness among its inhabitants; and I also found that a greater degree of plenty reigned there. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- We have, also, seen that the species, which are the commonest and most widely-diffused, vary more than do the rare and restricted species. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Under all conditions the light is properly screened and diffused to suit the critical eye of the camera man. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- That's my manner of diffusing 'em. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- She could not figure herself as anywhere but in a drawing-room, diffusing elegance as a flower sheds perfume. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- There, Margaret, the sun is for ever visible; its broad disk just skirting the horizon, and diffusing a perpetual splendour. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- 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. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
整理:希欧多尔