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Dilution Water Watered 英 Daɪ'Ljuːʃn] 美 Daɪ'Ljuːʃn N.稀释;冲淡;股票跌价 Cardiac

英语单词 dilution
英美音标 英 [daɪ'ljuːʃn] 美 [daɪ'ljuːʃn]
中文释义 n.稀释;冲淡;股票跌价
英语例句 (1) Cardiac output was measured by thermo dilution.
(2) There is no hard and fast rule about dilution.
(3) In the east,the water is mainly oceanic with relatively minor dilution from direct monsoonal rainfall and runoff from small streams.
中文例句 (1) 用热稀释法测定心输出量。
(2) 至于稀释程度,没有严格的规定。
(3) 东部水域主要为海水,而直接的季候雨及小溪溢流,把海水稍为冲淡。
vocabulary简明 Dilution is when something is watered down or weakened. You might object to the dilution of your grandmother's watery iced tea.
vocabulary扩展 When the concentration of some substance is made weaker — often by the addition of water — it undergoes dilution. This noun shows up a lot in chemistry, but you can use it to talk about any watered down liquid. You can also describe the dilution, or weakening, of less tangible things, like the dilution of important information in an article after it's edited. The Latin root, diluere, means "dissolve or wash away."
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]稀释物;冲淡物 A dilution is a liquid that has been diluted with water or another liquid, so that it becomes weaker.
  • 'Aromatherapy oils' are not pure essential oils but dilutions.

    “香薰精油”并非纯精油,而是经过稀释的。

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