| 释义 |
dis·til·la·tion
\ˌdistəˈlāshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English distillacioun, from Latin distillation-, distillatio, from distillatus (past participle of distillare to distill) + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : the process of driving off gas or vapor from liquids or solids by heating (as in a still or retort) and condensing to liquid products, such processes being used especially for purification, fractionation, or the formation of new substances by decomposition : rectification — see azeotropic distillation, destructive distillation, extractive distillation, molecular distillation; compare evaporation, sublimation
2. : distillate
< every paragraph is a distillation of wide reading, sound judgment, and unemotional reasoning — Times Literary Supplement >
< these translations … can be accepted as genuine distillations of the Orient — G.P.Meyer > |