单词 | nitrifier |
释义 | nitrifier in British English (ˈnaɪtrɪˌfaɪə) noun a microbe or bacterium that can convert ammonium into nitrate nitrifier in American English (ˈnaitrəˌfaiər) noun a person or thing that nitrifies Word origin [1900–05; nitrify + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clone, decompression, elder statesman, geopolitics, internship-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)Examples of 'nitrifier' in a sentence |
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