dilute

• adj. 稀釋的；淡的
• vt. 稀釋；衝淡；削弱
• vi. 變稀薄；變淡

di-, 分開，散開，來自dis-變體。-lut, 流，注入，詞源同lava, deluge. 即流散，稀釋。

dilute

dilute: see lavatory

dilute (v.)

1550s, from Latin dilutus, past participle of diluere "dissolve, wash away, dilute," from dis- "apart" + -luere, comb. form of lavere "to wash" (see lave). Related: Diluted; diluting. As an adjective from c. 1600.

1. The poisons seeping from Hanford's contaminated land quickly dilute in the water.

從漢福德受汙染的土地裏滲出的有毒物質很快就在水中稀釋了。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Dilute the paint with water until it is the consistency of milk.

用水把塗料稀釋到牛奶般的稠度。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The water will dilute the wine.

水能使酒變淡.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. This is a dilute solution.

這是一種稀釋溶液.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Zinc displaces the hydrogen of dilute acids.

鋅置換了稀酸中的氫.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》