| 单词 | nontoxic |
| 释义 | nontoxic (once / 97681 pages) adj Nontoxic things aren't poisonous. It's generally safe to eat or breathe nontoxic substances, and they don't harm the environment. It's a good thing if the ingredients in your dish soap are nontoxic — it means the suds washing down the drain won't be harmful to the environment, and the residue left on your dishes won't hurt you, either. You can use the adjective nontoxic to distinguish something from its more dangerous, toxic variation. Toxic waste poisons the groundwater or makes nearby animals sick, but nontoxic waste tends to break down without any negative consequences. WORD FAMILYtoxic: antitoxic, detoxify, nontoxic, toxically, toxicity+/detoxicate: detoxicated, detoxicates, detoxicating/detoxify: detoxicate, detoxification, detoxified, detoxifies, detoxifying/toxicity: toxicities USAGE EXAMPLESIf you have pets, this might be your best bet, as it’s the only one on Wolverton’s list that is nontoxic to animals. Washington Post(Nov 07, 2016) CO2 is nontoxic to people and animals and is a vital nutrient to plants. Wall Street Journal(Oct 31, 2016) They used nontoxic acrylic paint and large mural paintbrushes. Washington Times(Oct 26, 2016) 1adj not producing or resulting from poison Syn|Ant atoxic harmless not causing or capable of causing harm antitoxiccounteracting a toxin or poison non-poisonous, nonpoisonousnot producing poison nonvenomousnot producing venom toxic of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison harmfulcausing or capable of causing harm unhealthfuldetrimental to good health noxiousinjurious to physical or mental health cyanogenetic, cyanogeniccapable of producing cyanide deadly, venomous, virulentextremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom hepatotoxictoxic to the liver nephrotoxictoxic to the kidney ototoxictoxic to the organs of hearing or balance or to the auditory nerve poisonous, toxicanthaving the qualities or effects of a poison 2adj safe to eat Syn non-poisonous, nonpoisonous comestible, eatable, edible suitable for use as food |
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