英语词汇“distillation”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

distilldistill /dɪˈstɪl/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYdistill

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French distiller, from Latin stillare to fall in drops

VERB TABLE

distill

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	distil, distill
	he, she, it	distils, distills
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	distilled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have distilled
	he, she, it	has distilled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had distilled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will distill
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have distilled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am distilling
	he, she, it	is distilling
	you, we, they	are distilling
Past	I, he, she, it	was distilling
	you, we, they	were distilling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been distilling
	he, she, it	has been distilling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been distilling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be distilling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been distilling

1to make a strong alcoholic drink by heating alcohol until it becomes a gas and then letting it cool: distill something from something You can distill brandy from wine.2science, chemistry to make a liquid purer by heating it so that it becomes a gas, and then letting it cool: It’s not difficult to distill water.3to get specific ideas, information, etc. from a large amount of knowledge or experience: distill something from something Our organization attempts to distill information from a variety of sources.4science to get a substance from a plant by heating and cooling it [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French distiller, from Latin stillare to fall in drops]—distilled adjective: distilled water—distillation /ˌdɪstəˈleɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]