| 单词 | liquid |
| 释义 | liquid (once / 306 pages) 1nadj 2adjn 3adj In everyday use, liquid is the opposite of solid––water at room temperature is a liquid: Heat it to boiling, it turns to a gas. Chill it below freezing, it turns to ice. Liquid describes a state in which a compound such as water flows. Juice is a liquid. Milk is a liquid. Your swimming pool is full of liquid. When assets are liquid, that means they can be liquidated easily, i.e., sold for cash. Stocks and bonds are liquid assets. Real estate, which can take a long time to sell, is considered illiquid. WORD FAMILYliquid: liquidise, liquidity, liquidize, liquidly, liquidness, liquids, liquify, semiliquid+/liquidise: liquidiser, liquidizer/liquidize: liquidized, liquidizing/liquify: liquifiable, liquified, liquifies, liquifying USAGE EXAMPLESThe tank buckled, the company said, and supercooled liquid oxygen pooled in the lining. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) The company says its investigation of the Sept. 1 explosion found that a tank failed within the larger, second-stage liquid oxygen tank. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The investigation narrowed in on three helium containers within the second-stage liquid oxygen tank. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume Hypo|Hyper artificial blood a liquid that can carry large amounts of oxygen and can serve as a temporary substitute for blood elixira sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste H2O, waterbinary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent extravasationan extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation instillationa liquid that is instilled drop by drop liquid crystala liquid exhibiting properties of a crystal that are not shown by ordinary liquids spillliquid that is spilled tuberculina sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis tap waterwater directly from the spigot bath waterwater used for a bath dishwaterwater in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed distilled waterwater that has been purified by distillation holy waterwater that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification ground water, spring water, well waterunderground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks hard waterwater that contains mineral salts (as calcium and magnesium ions) that limit the formation of lather with soap limewatersolution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid meltwatermelted snow or ice brine, saltwater, seawaterwater containing salts fresh water, freshwaterwater that is not salty slushpartially melted snow soft waterwater that is not hard (does not contain mineral salts that interfere with the formation of lather with soap) bilge, bilge waterwater accumulated in the bilge of a ship water of crystallisation, water of crystallization, water of hydrationthe water present in hydrated compounds fluid continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas 2n a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure Hypo|Hyper beverage, drink, drinkable, potable any liquid suitable for drinking watera liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants supernatantthe clear liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate alcoholany of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation ammonia, ammonia water, ammonium hydroxidea water solution of ammonia antifreezea liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point distillate, distillationa purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling pyroligneous acid, wood vinegara red-brown liquid formed in distillation of wood which contains acetic acid, methanol, acetone, wood oils, and tars mediuma liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter inka liquid used for printing or writing or drawing grumea thick viscous liquid liquora liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process sheep dipa liquid mixture containing pesticides in which sheep are dipped to kill parasites snake oil(medicine) any of various liquids sold as medicine (as by a travelling medicine show) but medically worthless milka white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings wish-washany thin watery drink potiona medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicanta liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent hydromelhoney diluted in water; becomes mead when fermented oenomelwine mixed with honey near beerdrink that resembles beer but with less than 1/2 percent alcohol ginger beercarbonated slightly alcoholic drink flavored with fermented ginger mixerclub soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol cooleran iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice refreshera drink that refreshes smoothiea thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk fizzan effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic) cider, cydera beverage made from juice pressed from apples chocolate, cocoa, drinking chocolate, hot chocolatea beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot fruit crush, fruit juicedrink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit ade, fruit drinka sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice mateSouth American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate soft drinknonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated) coffee, javaa beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans teaa beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water tea-like drinka beverage that resembles tea but is not made from tea leaves branch waterpure natural water from a stream or brook; often distinguished from soda water spring waterwater from a spring drinking waterwater suitable for drinking methanol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirita light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol ethanol, ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcoholthe intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline isopropanol, isopropyl alcoholalcohol used as antifreeze or a solvent allyl alcohol, propenyl alcoholan unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit; use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals amyl alcohola mixture of 2 or more isomeric alcohols; used as a solvent and in organic synthesis butanol, butyl alcohola flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents cyclohexanola colorless oily alcohol that smells like camphor dihydric alcohol, diol, glycolany of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule ethanediol, ethylene glycol, glycola sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent propanediol, propylene glycola sweet colorless, viscous, hygroscopic liquid used as an antifreeze and in brake fluid and also as a humectant in cosmetics and personal care items although it can be absorbed through the skin with harmful effects glycerin, glycerine, glycerola sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils indelible inkink that cannot be erased or washed away India ink, drawing inka black liquid ink used for printing or writing or drawing magnetic inkan ink that contains particles of a magnetic substance whose presence can be detected by magnetic sensors printer's ink, printing inka semisolid quick drying ink made especially for use in printing writing inkany permanent or washable ink used with pens 1-dodecanol, lauryl alcohola colorless insoluble solid alcohol used to make detergents and pharmaceuticals magilp, megilpa medium for oil-paints; linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish or turpentine propanol, propyl alcohola clear colorless volatile liquid (alcohol) used as a solvent and antiseptic steroid alcohol, sterolany of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances fluid a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure 3n the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility Syn|Hyper liquid state, liquidity, liquidness state, state of matter (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) 4adj existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow water and milk and blood are liquid substances Syn|Ant fluid, runny characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape liquefiable, liquifiablecapable of being liquefied liquefied, liquifiedreduced to a liquid state semiliquidsomewhat liquid wateryrelating to or resembling or consisting of water solid of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous gaseousexisting as or having characteristics of a gas hardresisting weight or pressure coagulated, solidifiedchanged into a solid mass concreteformed by the coalescence of particles congealed, jelled, jelliedcongealed into jelly; solidified by cooling dryused of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones semisolidpartly solid; having a rigidity and viscosity intermediate between a solid and a liquid solid-stateconsisting of semiconductor materials and components and related devices solid-statecharacteristic of or relating to the physical properties of solid materials especially electromagnetic or thermodynamic or structural properties of crystalline solids aeriform, airlikeresembling air or having the form of air aerosolised, aerosolizedin the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas evaporateddrawn off in the form of vapor gasified, vaporized, vapourised, volatilised, volatilizedconverted into a gas or vapor gassyresembling gas vaporific, vaporish, vaporous, vapourific, vapourish, vapourousresembling or characteristic of vapor 5adj changed from a solid to a liquid state Syn|Ant liquified, melted unfrozen not frozen dissolved(of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form fusiblecapable of being melted and fused liquefied, liquified, moltenreduced to liquid form by heating thawedno longer frozen solid unmelted not melted frozenturned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold frozennot thawed undissolvedretaining a solid form 6adj filled or brimming with tears sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid Syn swimming tearful filled with or marked by tears 7adj clear and bright 2the liquid air of a spring morning eyes shining with a liquid luster Syn limpid clear allowing light to pass through 1adj smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness the liquid song of a robin Syn musical characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music 2adj smooth and unconstrained in movement the liquid grace of a ballerina Syn fluent, fluid, smooth graceful characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution 3n a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r') 3Hyper consonant a speech sound that is not a vowel adj in cash or easily convertible to cash Syn fluid disposable free or available for use or disposition |
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