| 单词 | vitrify |
| 释义 | vitrify (once / 22774 pages) v If you vitrify something, you turn it into glass or a glass-like substance. Glassmakers can vitrify sand to make glass. Chemists study how substances change. One such extreme change is when a substance is vitrified, or turned into glass through heating and rapid cooling. Scientists can vitrify substances in the lab. Substances can also be vitrified in nature — due to a lightning strike, for instance. Vitrify is related to vitreous, meaning “glassy.” WORD FAMILYvitrify: devitrify, vitrification, vitrified, vitrifies, vitrifying+/vitrification: vitrifications/vitrified: unvitrified USAGE EXAMPLESThese “vitrified” forts—like Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids—have inspired theories that span the spectrum of credibility. National Geographic(Mar 03, 2016) Examples of vitrified forts can be found across Scotland, including in Aberdeenshire. BBC(Aug 02, 2015) Five bus-loads of boys and girls, singing or in a silent embracement, rolled past them over the vitrified highway. Aldous Huxley, Brave New World(1932) 1v change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like Hyper change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature |
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