单词 | isolate |
释义 | Word Frequency isolateverb (ˈaɪsəˌleɪt) (transitive) 1. to place apart; cause to be alone 2. medicine to quarantine (a person or animal having or suspected of having a contagious disease) 3. to obtain (a compound) in an uncombined form 4. to obtain pure cultures of (bacteria, esp those causing a particular disease) 5. electronics to prevent interaction between (circuits, components, etc); insulate noun (ˈaɪsəlɪt) 6. an isolated person or group Derived forms isolable (ˈisolable) or isolatable (ˈisoˌlatable) adjective isolability (ˌisolaˈbility) noun isolator (ˈisoˌlator) noun Word origin C19: back formation from isolated, via Italian from Latin insulātus, literally: made into an island; see insulate |
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