| 单词 | insulate |
| 释义 | insulate (once / 1642 pages) v The verb insulate means "protect from heat, cold, or noise," like when you add an extra layer of clothing to insulate yourself from the cold. You can insulate a wall to keep sound out, or insulate your house to keep cold air from getting inside. So, to insulate is to protect against unwanted changes. Sometimes this can mean keeping out the influence or beliefs of other people, like a parent who tries to insulate his children from people who have different cultures or beliefs. You can see this meaning in the origin of insulate: the Latin word insula, meaning “to make into an island.” WORD FAMILYinsulate: insulated, insulates, insulating, insulation, insulator+/insulation: insulations/insulator: insulators USAGE EXAMPLESColeman’s outdoor products include cook stoves, insulated coolers and tents. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) It is also insulated from the local political pressures that the District’s elected leaders face to keep crime down. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) Dear Heloise: I own several of the insulated casserole caddies used for transporting and keeping food warm. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) 1v protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material We had his bedroom insulated before winter came Hypo|Hyper weatherstrip provide with weatherstripping soundproofinsulate against noise alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v place or set apart Syn|Hypo|Hyper isolate segregate separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others ghettoise, ghettoizeput in a ghetto cloisterseclude from the world in or as if in a cloister seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdrawkeep away from others quarantineplace into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons maroonleave stranded on a desert island without resources discriminate, separate, single out treat differently on the basis of sex or race |
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