Rarefy
['reərɪfaɪ] or ['rɛrə,fai]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance).
(verb.) make more subtle or refined.
(verb.) lessen the density or solidity of; 'The bones are rarefied'.
校對:韦恩--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; -- opposed to condense.
(v. i.) To become less dense; to become thin and porous.
整理:莱昂内尔
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Make rarer, make less dense.
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同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Expand, lighten, attenuate, sublimate
ANT:Solidify, condense, thicken
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例句/造句/用法:
- That the lower region of air is often more heated, and so more rarefied, than the upper; consequently, specifically lighter. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Add that the water, being heated and rarefied by the subterraneous fires, may emit fumes, blasts, &c. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- In our study of the atmosphere we saw that air can be compressed and rarefied; in other words, we saw that air is very elastic. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The air rarefied between the tropics, and rising, must flow in the higher region north and south. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- From a commercial and industrial standpoint a most important class of pump is that known as the compression type; in these, air or any other gas is compressed rather than rarefied. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The air under the equator and between the tropics being constantly heated and rarefied by the sun, rises. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
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