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单词 deplete
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depleteadj.

/dɪˈpliːt/
Etymology: < Latin dēplētus emptied out, exhausted, past participle of dēplēre : see deplete v.
Depleted, emptied out, exhausted.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [adjective] > empty > emptied
voideda1382
vacuate?a1475
emptied1555
disburdened1598
exantlate1651
exhausted1668
evacuated1684
depleted1870
deplete1880
1880 R. Dowling Sport of Fate III. 205 The brain was remarkably deplete of blood.
1885 L. Oliphant Let. in Life (1891) II. xi. 277 Creating openings in the deplete organism for access of spirits.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

depletev.

/dɪˈpliːt/
Etymology: < Latin dēplēt-, participial stem of dēplēre to bring down or undo the fullness of, empty out, let blood, < de- prefix 1f + -plēre to fill.
1. transitive. To reduce the fullness of; to deprive of contents or supplies; to empty out, exhaust.
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the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty > empty or exhaust
draw1483
rinse1575
sponge1610
clear1699
bottom1808
to clean out1844
deplete1850
deplenish1859
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > use up, expend, or consume [verb (transitive)] > use up completely or exhaust
stanch1338
exhaust1541
soak1577
tire1589
to suck dry1592
to run away with1622
exantlate1660
to spin out1718
rack1778
overteem1818
deplete1850
to stream out1894
1850 J. G. Saxe Poems 2 Deplete your pocket and relieve your purse.
1880 Times 13 Oct. 5/5 The garrison is somewhat depleted of troops at the present time.
1884 Times 8 July 11 The demand for coin..will..help to deplete the Bank's stock of gold.
2. Medicine. To empty or relieve the system or vessels when overcharged, as by blood-letting or purgatives.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > remove or disperse [verb (transitive)]
mundify?a1425
deplete1807
1807 [see depleting n. and adj. at Derivatives].
1858 J. Copland Dict. Pract. Med. I. 105/2 To deplete the vascular system.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 465 Whenever, in inflammation, it is desired to deplete through the bowels.

Derivatives

deˈpleted adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [adjective] > empty > emptied
voideda1382
vacuate?a1475
emptied1555
disburdened1598
exantlate1651
exhausted1668
evacuated1684
depleted1870
deplete1880
1870 Daily News 29 Nov. To fill her depleted magazines.
1885 Manch. Examiner 29 June 5/2 The overcrowded village might be even worse to live in than the depleted town.
deˈpleting n. and adj.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective]
cleansinga1300
mundificativea1400
mundicative1575
detersive1586
detergent1600
deterging1651
depleting1807
depletory1849
eliminant1853
exipotic1856
depletive1885
1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 501 Depleting and antiphlogistic remedies were continued.

Draft additions March 2012

depleted uranium n. uranium from which the fissionable isotope uranium-235 has been extracted, obtained as a by-product of uranium enrichment or reprocessing; esp. uranium metal of this kind used (on account of its very high density) to make armour-piercing ammunition; frequently attributive.
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1949 Nevada State Jrnl. 17 June 1/5 The four grams [of U-235] still not accounted for may have been absorbed by ‘depleted uranium’ waste.
1957 G. Wendt Prospects Nucl. Power & Technol. iii. 62 The reactor will use a core of enriched uranium, no moderator, liquid sodium cooling, and a heavy ‘blanket’ of depleted uranium (i.e., uranium-238) surrounding the core.
1988 R. A. Gabriel Painful Field iii. 57 Its armor piercing round with its warhead of depleted uranium metal produces fourteen times the kinetic-energy impact of a 20 mm shell.
2001 Daily Tel. 5 Jan. 19/3 US bombers were said to have fired 10,800 rounds of depleted uranium ammunition in Bosnia in 1995.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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