释义 |
Verb: extract ik'strakt- Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
"extract a bad tooth"; "extract information from the telegram" - pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out - Get despite difficulties or obstacles
"I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions" - Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
- educe, evoke, elicit, draw out - Extract by the process of distillation
- distill [N. Amer], distil [Brit] - Separate (a metal) from an ore
- Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
- press out, express - Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
- excerpt, take out - Calculate the root of a number
Noun: extract ekstrakt- A solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
- infusion - A passage selected from a larger work
- excerpt, excerption, selection
Derived forms: extracts, extracting, extracted See also: extractible, extraction, extractor Type of: acquire, calculate, choose, cipher, compute, construe, create, cypher, figure [N. Amer], get, interpret, make, obtain, passage, pick out, reckon, remove, see, select, separate, solution, take, take away, withdraw, work out Encyclopedia: Extract Extract, transform, load |