The verb is pronounced /dɪ'fjuːz/. The adjective is pronounced /dɪ'fjuːs/. 动词读作 /dɪ'fjuːz/。形容词读作/dɪ'fjuːs/。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使）（知识、消息等)传播；（使）散布；（使）普及 If something such as knowledge or information
is diffused, or if it
diffuses somewhere, it is made known over a wide area or to a lot of people.
[be V-ed]
[V n]
[V prep]
[WRITTEN 笔语]
Over time, the technology is diffused and adopted by other countries.
久而久之，这项技术传播到了其他国家并得到利用。
...an attempt to diffuse new ideas...
传播新思想的尝试
As agriculture developed, agricultural ideas diffused across Europe.
随着农业的发展，农业知识开始在欧洲普及。
diffusion...the development and diffusion of ideas.
思想的发展和传播
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[VERB 动词]宣泄，舒缓(尤指不良情绪) To
diffuse a feeling, especially an undesirable one, means to cause it to weaken and lose its power to affect people.
The arrival of letters from the Pope did nothing to diffuse the tension.
教皇的来信并没有缓解紧张的气氛。
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[VERB 动词]使(光)漫射；使发散 If something
diffuses light, it causes the light to spread weakly in different directions.
Diffusing a light also reduces its power...
使灯光漫射也会降低其强度。
The sun slid behind trees, its last light diffused by wintry branches.
太阳躲到了树后，余晖透过冬日的树枝洒落下来。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）扩散；（使）弥漫；（使）渗透 To
diffuse or
be diffused through something means to move and spread through it.
[V prep]
[V n prep]
[Also V]
It allows nicotine to diffuse slowly and steadily into the bloodstream...
它能使尼古丁平稳缓慢地渗透到血液里。
It created a glowing centre of warmth that quickly diffused through my limbs...
它形成了一个温暖的热源，热量迅速扩散至我的四肢。
The moisture present in all foods absorbs the flavour of the smoke and eventually diffuses that flavour into its interior.
所有食物中都存在的水分会吸收烟味，并最终将其散播到食物内部。
diffusionThere are data on the rates of diffusion of molecules.
有关于分子扩散速度的数据。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]散布的；分散的；弥漫的 Something that is
diffuse is not directed towards one place or concentrated in one place but spread out over a large area.
...a diffuse community...
分散的社群
A cold, diffuse light filtered in through the skylight.
一道冰冷的光线透过天窗漫射进来。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]含糊不清的；难以理解的 If you describe something as
diffuse, you mean that it is vague and difficult to understand or explain.
His writing is so diffuse and obscure that it is difficult to make out what it is he is trying to say.
他的文章含混晦涩，让人看后不知所云。