| 单词 | dilute |
| 释义 | dilute (once / 1190 pages) vadj When you dilute something, you make it thinner, weaker, or more watered down. If you put lots of ice cubes in your soda, the ice will melt and dilute the drink. Think about diluting as lessening the quality but increasing the quantity. Unless you're diluting a really strong drink to make it taste better or diluting heavy paint to get a lighter shade — then the quality actually improves. Quipped President John F. Kennedy, “Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.” WORD FAMILYdilute: dilutant, diluted, dilutes, diluting, dilution+/dilutant: dilutants/diluted: undiluted/dilution: dilutions USAGE EXAMPLESMany are up all year, further diluting their Christmas connotation. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) The process starts by injecting an animal, often a horse, with a small amount of diluted venom from a particular snake. Science Magazine(Dec 20, 2016) Eight other samples were diluted with coffee granules or contained more salt than is physiologically possible in a healthy human. Los Angeles Times(Dec 09, 2016) 1v lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture Syn|Hypo|Hyper cut, reduce, thin, thin out water down make less strong or intense weaken lessen the strength of 2v corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones Syn|Hypo|Hyper adulterate, debase, load, stretch extend, stretch increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance water down thin by adding water to doctor, doctor up, sophisticatealter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive corrupt, spoil alter from the original 3adj reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity diluted alcohol a dilute solution dilute acetic acid Syn|Ant diluted cut, thinned, weakened mixed with water washy, watery, weakoverly diluted; thin and insipid white(of coffee) having cream or milk added undiluted not diluted black(of coffee) without cream or sugar concentratedof or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced full-strength, neat, straightwithout water |
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