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单词 extract
释义
extract
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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 FAMILY
extract: extractable, extracted, extractible, extracting, extraction, extractor, extracts+/extraction: extractions/extractor: extractors
USAGE EXAMPLES
From 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
demodulate
extract information from a modulated carrier wave
thread
remove 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)
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
infusion
Bovril, beef tea
an extract of beef (given to people who are ill)
black catechu, catechu
extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally
pancreatin
extract 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
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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
Syn|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, analects
a collection of excerpts from a literary work
clipping, cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting
an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
cut, track
a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
citation, quotation, quote
a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
epigraph
a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing
mimesis
the representation of another person's words in a speech
misquotation, misquote
an incorrect quotation
passage
a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
3
v deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
Syn|Hyper
draw out, educe, elicit, evoke
construe, interpret, see
make sense of; assign a meaning to
4
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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