| 单词 | distill |
| 释义 | Related topics: Chemistry, Technologydis·till, distil /dɪˈstɪl/ verb (distilled, distilling) [transitive] 1 HCTto make a liquid such as water or alcohol more pure by heating it so that it becomes a gas and then letting it cool. Drinks such as whisky are made this way 蒸馏 distilled water 蒸馏水2. to remove a chemical substance from a plant, for example by heating or pressing it 〔从植物中〕提炼，榨取3 INFORMATIONto get the main ideas or facts from a much larger amount of information 〔从大量的信息中〕提取，提炼distill something into something The notes I had brought back were waiting to be distilled into a book. 我带回来的笔记尚待整理成书。 —distillation /ˌdɪstəˈleɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusdistill• The essential is to keep on distilling down, and following ruthlessly the consequences of the dreams.• The most notable of these were the silk, paper, sail canvas, and gin distilling industries.• Water could be extracted by distilling or melting blocks of permafrost.• But it does distill the issue to the question on which tax policy should stand or fall: fairness.• On the various shelves were set items of laboratory equipment: retorts, beakers, distilling tubes and burners.• My task has been to simplify the subject without oversimplifying, to distill without losing essence.Origin distill (1300-1400) Old French distiller, from Latin stillare “to fall in drops”dis·till verbChineseSyllable to or make Corpus a more alcohol as liquid water such |
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