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单词 desiccate
释义

desiccaten.

/ˈdɛsɪkət/
Etymology: < desiccate adj.
A desiccated substance or product.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > dried substance
desiccate1926
1926 Science 28 May 549 Some of my experiments were carried out with this desiccate.
1940 Nature 6 July 30/2 We decided to try desiccated 9–11 day chick embryos as a source of active principle... The desiccate was reconstituted by adding sterile distilled water.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

desiccateadj.

Etymology: < Latin dēsiccātus dried up, past participle of dēsiccāre : see desiccate v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdesiccate.
archaic.
Desiccated, dried.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > dried (up)
dryc950
drieda1340
desiccatec1420
undriedc1440
exsiccate1540
mummianized1593
exsiccated1646
exust1657
desiccateda1676
dehydrated1884
dehumidified1940
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 179 But daies thre this seede is goode bewette In mylk or meth, and after desiccate Sette hem; thai wol be swete.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §842 Bodies desiccate, by Heat, or Age.
1840 R. Browning Sordello ii. 313 Juicy in youth or desiccate with age.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

desiccatev.

/dɪˈsɪkeɪt//ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/
Etymology: < Latin dēsiccāt-, participial stem of dēsiccāre to dry completely, dry up, < de- prefix 1c + siccāre to dry, siccus dry. (For changing stress see note to contemplate v.: deˈsiccate is the only pronunciation in dictionaries down to 1864, and in Ogilvie 1882, Cassell 1883.)
1. transitive. To make quite dry; to deprive thoroughly of moisture; to dry, dry up. Also figurative.In U.S. applied to the thorough drying of articles of food for preservation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > dryness > dry [verb (transitive)]
dryc888
adroweOE
drow1393
exsiccate1540
siccate1570
desiccate1575
unsteep1598
siccicate1639
exsicce1657
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 261 They doe mollifie, and desiccate the wounde or disease.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §727 Wine helpeth to digest and desiccate the moisture.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Bb2 This..will desiccate an ulcer.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iv. 154 No..courtly art [shall] Damp the bold thought or desiccate the heart.
1832 I. Taylor Saturday Evening (1834) 297 Atheism in all its forms desiccates the affections.
1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) Proem p. viii Though we should by art Bring earth to gas, and desiccate the sea.
1883 Knowledge 3 Aug. 74/1 The shock was of sufficient intensity to..partially desiccate the muscular tissues.
2. intransitive. To become dry. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > dryness > become dry [verb (intransitive)]
dryc888
desiccate1679
1679 P. Rycaut Present State Greek Church 277 Bodies of such whom they have Canonized for Saints to continue unconsumed, and..to dry and desiccate like the Mummies in Egypt.

Derivatives

desiccating n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > drying
dryinga1398
exsiccativec1400
uritivea1425
desiccative?1541
siccative1547
exsiccating1620
desiccating1638
exsiccant1657
desiccant1775
desiccatoryc1800
dehydrating1884
dehumidifying1933
in-sack1951
the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry
dryinga1398
desiccation1477
arefaction1576
exsiccation1599
siccation1617
desiccating1893
1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 43 They speake much, of the Elementary Quality of Siccity, or Drinesse; and of Things Desiccating.
1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 388 The very things which this desiccating rationalism flung off.
1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §63 The..air was..thoroughly dried by being passed through a desiccating apparatus.
1893 Athenæum 1 Apr. 402/2 That desiccating of the Anglo-Saxon in North America which Humboldt and others have commented upon.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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