| 单词 | sublimate |
| 释义 | sublimate —sublimable /sub"leuh meuh beuhl/, adj. —sublimableness, n. —sublimation, n. —sublimational, adj. v. /sub"leuh mayt'/; n. , adj. /sub"leuh mit, -mayt'/, v. , sublimated, sublimating, n. , adj. v.t. 1. Psychol. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use. 2. Chem. a. to sublime (a solid substance); extract by this process. b. to refine or purify (a substance). 3. to make nobler or purer: To read about great men sublimates ambition. v.i. 4. to become sublimated; undergo sublimation. n. 5. Chem. the crystals, deposit, or material obtained when a substance is sublimated. adj. 6. purified or exalted; sublimated. [1425-75; late ME: exalted, sublimated < L sublimatus (ptp. of sublimare to elevate), equiv. to sublim(is) SUBLIME + -atus -ATE1] |
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