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Contaminate V Contamination Kən'tæmineit V.使…受污染 英 使...受污染(Make Impure

单词 contaminate
音标 [kən'tæmineit]
解释 v.使…受污染
红宝书 【英】 v. 使...受污染(make impure; pollute, smudge)
【考】 hedge : loss / quarantine : contamination / safeguard : accident(栅栏防止损失/隔离 防止传染/保护防止事 故)反义词:purify(净化 ); sterilize(杀菌)
【同】 派生词: contamination (n. 污染)
【例】 contaiminated clothing
字源 contaminate (v.)
early 15c., from Old French contaminer, from Latin contaminatus, past participle of contaminare "to defile," from contamen "contact, pollution," from com- "together" (see com-) + *tag-, base of tangere "to touch" (see tangent (adj.)). Related: Contaminant (1934); contaminable.
不择手段背单词 v. 污染(通过接触、混合使不纯或不干净) = pollute = smudge
【记】con共同, tamin拼: 他们, ate吃: 他们共同用一份餐具吃饭-污染自己; 吃完了还乱扔-污染环境.
【反】purify(v 净化); sterilize = disinfect(vt 消毒); untainted(adj 无污点的)-contaminated
趣味全助记 【记】con + 音:踏面,一起脚踏面粉;con 一起 + tame 驯服,驯养许多动物会弄脏自家后院,(整天屙啊尿的还得自己打扫)

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