| 单词 | liquefy |
| 释义 | liquefy (once / 3888 pages) v When you turn a solid into a liquid, like when you set an ice cube in the sunshine and watch it melt into a puddle of water, you liquefy it. You can liquefy a solid by heating it until it melts, and you can also say the substance itself liquefies. A jar of coconut oil that's hard and solid in the refrigerator will liquefy if you leave it on the counter on a warm summer day. The Latin root of liquefy is liquefacere, "make liquid," from liquere, "be fluid," and facere, "to make." WORD FAMILYliquefy: liquefaction, liquefiable, liquefied, liquefies, liquefying+/liquefaction: liquefactions USAGE EXAMPLESMarkets for liquefied natural gas, or LNG, will likely be oversupplied through at least the end of the decade, those in the industry say. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) On the other side of the port, a massive tanker ship serves as a terminal for liquefied natural gas imports, which are piped across Pakistan. Wall Street Journal(Dec 18, 2016) As the sugar begins to liquefy, stir continually. Seattle Times(Dec 13, 2016) 1v make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating liquefy the silver Syn|Hyper liquidise, liquidize, liquify alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v become liquid The garden air overnight liquefied into a morning dew Hyper change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action 3v become liquid or fluid when heated the frozen fat liquefied Syn|Hypo|Hyper flux, liquify condense, distil, distill undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops dethaw, dissolve, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthawbecome or cause to become soft or liquid fusebecome plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat deliquescemelt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air de-ice, defrost, deicemake or become free of frost or ice change integrity change in physical make-up |
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