| 单词 | anneal |
| 释义 | anneal (once / 15115 pages) v When you anneal metal or glass, you heat it and then cool it in order to make it less brittle and more malleable. Metallurgists — engineers who specialize in the properties and uses of metals — have to know a variety of methods used to anneal different kinds of metals. You can also anneal glass, to make it stronger and to help keep it from shattering. WORD FAMILYanneal: annealed, annealing, anneals+/annealed: unannealed/annealing: annealings USAGE EXAMPLESThese changes test their relationship, but as a result, their love anneals and grows stronger. Seattle Times(Jul 29, 2016) Rose chose instead to develop an “adiabatic” quantum computer, which works by a process of what’s called “quantum annealing” or “tunnelling”. The Guardian(May 22, 2016) Fetching water, sweeping, helping in the kitchen, tending the annealing furnace in the shop were the unskilled work the boys did. Esther Hoskins Forbes, Johnny Tremain(1943) v bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling Syn|Hyper normalize, temper harden, indurate make hard or harder |
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