单词 | purification | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
释义 | purifypu‧ri‧fy /ˈpjʊərɪfaɪ $ ˈpjʊr-/ verb (past tense and past participle purified, present participle purifying, third person singular purifies) [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE purify
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Longman Language Activatorto make a substance pure► purify Collocations · You can purify water by boiling and filtering it.· It has been found that houseplants help purify the air.· The solution is purified by passing it through a carbon filter.· a bottle of purified linseed oil ► refine to make a substance such as oil or metal pure using an industrial process: · The oil is piped to the coast, where it is refined.· The dealers buy raw cocaine in the south, refine it here, and smuggle it into the north.· After the first refining process the metal is washed.· refined petroleum ► distil British /distill American to make a liquid, for example alcohol or water, purer by heating it so that it becomes a gas and then allowing it to go cold again: · My grandfather used to distil whisky on the farm.· The solution is distilled until it is 95% pure.· Only distilled water should be used for cleaning contact lenses. WORD SETS► Religionacolyte, nounafterlife, nounagnostic, nounangel, nounanimism, nounanoint, verbapostasy, nounapostate, nounarchangel, nounbelieve, verbbeliever, nounbell-ringer, nounbless, verbblessed, adjectiveblessing, nouncelebrant, nounChristian Science, nouncircumcise, verbcircumcision, nouncommunion, nounconfession, nounconvent, nounconversion, nounconvert, nouncoreligionist, nouncowl, nouncredo, nouncreed, nouncult, noundaemon, nounDecalogue, noundefrock, verbdeism, noundenomination, noundenominational, adjectivedevotee, noundevotion, noundevotional, adjectivedevout, adjectivedivine, adjectivedivinity, noundruid, nounfaith, nounfast day, nounfeast, nounfervour, nounfiesta, nounfollow, verbfrankincense, noungentile, noungod, noungoddess, noungrace, nounhabit, nounhair shirt, nounhallelujah, interjectionhallowed, adjectivehalo, nounheathen, adjectiveheathen, nounheaven, nounheavenly, adjectivehell, nounheresy, nounheretic, nounhermit, nounhermitage, nounheterodox, adjectivehigh priest, nounidol, nounidolatry, nounincarnation, nounincense, nouninfidel, nounintercession, nouninvocation, nouninvoke, verbirreligious, adjective-ism, suffixlayman, nounlaywoman, nounlibation, nounliturgical, adjectiveliturgy, nounmartyr, nounmartyr, verbmeditate, verbmeditation, nounmission, nounmonastery, nounmonastic, adjectivemonk, nounmonotheism, nounMoonie, nounMormon, nounMosaic, adjectivemystery play, nounmystic, nounmystical, adjectivemysticism, nounneophyte, nounnovice, nounnovitiate, nounnuminous, adjectivenun, nounnunnery, nounoblation, nounobservance, nounoffering, nounOlympian, adjectiveordain, verborder, nounorthodox, adjectiveotherworldly, adjectivepagan, adjectivepagan, nounpantheism, nounpantheon, nounParsee, nounpilgrim, nounpilgrimage, nounpious, adjectivepluralism, nounpolytheism, nounpractise, verbpray, verbprayer, nounprayer wheel, nounpreach, verbpreacher, nounpriest, nounpriestess, nounpriesthood, nounpriestly, adjectiveprophet, nounprophetess, nounpurify, verbRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRE, nounrecant, verbreincarnation, nounreligious, adjectivereligiously, adverbreliquary, nounrepent, verbretreat, nounrevelation, nounrevivalism, nounrite, nounritual, nounsacred, adjectivesacrifice, nounsacrifice, verbsacrificial, adjectivesanctify, verbsanctity, nounsanctuary, nounsanctum, nounsatanism, nounscripture, nounsect, nounsectarian, adjectiveservice, nounshaman, nounShinto, nounshrine, nounsin, nounsin, verbsinful, adjectivesinner, nounsoul, nounspirit, nounspiritual, adjectivespiritualism, nounspirituality, nounSr, sun god, nounsuppliant, nounsupplicant, nounsupplication, nounSupreme Being, nounTao, nounTaoism, nountemple, nountenet, nounthanksgiving, nountheism, nountheo-, prefixtheocracy, nountheologian, nountheological college, nountheology, nountonsure, nountranscendental, adjectivetranscendental meditation, nountransmigration, noununbelief, noununbeliever, nounungodly, adjectiveunholy, adjectiveunorthodox, adjectivevisionary, nounvoodoo, nounvotary, nounworship, verbworship, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► water purification Word family water purification tablets COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► water· But this alone will not purify your water of waste products that are invisible to the eye.· There will be a strong incentive to at least recover and purify water for reuse.· In fact it will purify the water even further.· I understand that they purify minuscule amounts of water. WORD FAMILYnounpurificationpuristpurity ≠ impuritypurifieradjectivepure ≠ impureverbpurifyadverbpurely 1to remove dirty or harmful substances from something: chemicals used to purify the water2to make someone pure by removing evil from their soul: They prayed to God to purify them.—purification /ˌpjʊərɪfɪˈkeɪʃən $ ˌpjʊr-/ noun [uncountable]: water purification tablets |
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