| 单词 | contamination |
| 释义 | contamination /keuhn tam'euh nay"sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of contaminating. 2. the state of being contaminated. 3. something that contaminates. 4. Ling. a. an alternation in a linguistic form due to the influence of a related form, as the replacement in English of earlier femelle with female through the influence of male. b. the process of forming blends. Cf. blend (def. 9). [1375-1425; late ME contaminacioun < LL contamination- (s. of contaminatio), equiv. to contaminat(us) (see CONTAMINATE) + -ion- -ION] |
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