| 单词 | extract |
| 释义 | extract (once / 178 pages) 1vn 2vn 3v 4v When you extract something, you remove it from a larger whole. You can extract a passage from a book, or a liquid essence from a vanilla bean—vanilla extract. Ex- means out of, and when you extract, you draw something out of something else. When listening to a complicated and long-winded story, it can be difficult to extract the truly meaningful details. WORD FAMILYextract: extractable, extracted, extractible, extracting, extraction, extractor, extracts+/extraction: extractions/extractor: extractors USAGE EXAMPLESFrom one of the embryos, the researchers extracted a tiny jawline with several teeth. Science Magazine(Jan 02, 2017) James would prove the last worker to die during the Post Office’s construction, but the building was not done extracting its blood toll. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) Yet the president’s order allows locals who currently use the area to graze their livestock or extract minerals to keep their resource privileges. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1v remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense extract a bad tooth extract information from the telegram Syn|Hypo|Hyper draw out, pull, pull out, pull up, take out draw, get out, pull, pull out, take out bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover squeeze out, wring out extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing demodulateextract information from a modulated carrier wave threadremove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 2v extract by the process of distillation Syn|Hypo|Hyper distil, distill distil, distill undergo the process of distillation moonshine distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine create, make make or cause to be or to become 3v separate (a metal) from an ore Hyper separate divide into components or constituents 4v obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action Syn|Hypo|Hyper express, press out ream squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer acquire, get come into the possession of something concrete or abstract 5v get despite difficulties or obstacles I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions Hyper obtain come into possession of 6n a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper infusion Bovril, beef tea an extract of beef (given to people who are ill) black catechu, catechuextract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally pancreatinextract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions solution a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution 1v take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy Syn|Hyper excerpt, take out choose, pick out, select, take pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives 2n a passage selected from a larger work 3Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper excerpt, excerption, selection Haphtarah a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah chrestomathy a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language analecta, analectsa collection of excerpts from a literary work clipping, cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cuttingan excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine cut, tracka distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc citation, quotation, quotea passage or expression that is quoted or cited epigrapha quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing mimesisthe representation of another person's words in a speech misquotation, misquotean incorrect quotation passage a section of text; particularly a section of medium length v deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) 4Syn|Hyper draw out, educe, elicit, evoke construe, interpret, see make sense of; assign a meaning to v calculate the root of a number Hyper calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out make a mathematical calculation or computation |
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