单词 | disintegrate |
释义 | disintegrate —disintegrable /dis in"teuh greuh beuhl/, adj. —disintegrative, disintegratory /dis in"teuh greuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee, -gray'teuh ree/, adj. —disintegrator, n. /dis in"teuh grayt'/, v. , disintegrated, disintegrating. v.i. 1. to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age. 2. Physics. a. to decay. b. (of a nucleus) to change into one or more different nuclei after being bombarded by high-energy particles, as alpha particles or gamma rays. v.t. 3. to reduce to particles, fragments, or parts; break up or destroy the cohesion of: Rocks are disintegrated by frost and rain. [1790-1800; DIS-1 + INTEGRATE] Syn. 1, 3. See decay. |
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