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Insulate V Sense Insjuleit V.使绝缘;使隔离 英 使绝缘(To Separate

单词 insulate
音标 ['insjuleit]
解释 v.使绝缘;使隔离
红宝书 【英】 v. 使绝缘(to separate or cover with a nonconducting material);使隔离(isolate)
【考】 反义词:expose(暴露 )
【记】 insul(岛)+ate→成为 岛一样→隔离
【例】 We are not insulated from the real world the way we were.
字源 insulate (v.)
1530s, "make into an island," from Latin insulatus, from insula (see insular). Sense of "cause a person or thing to be detached from surroundings" is from 1785. Electrical/chemical sense of "block from electricity or heat" is from 1742. Related: Insulated; insulating.
不择手段背单词 v. 使绝缘(防止热, 电或声音的进出); 使隔离
【反】expose(vt 使暴露; 使曝光)
趣味全助记 【记】同isolate,与island, insular 同源,来自岛屿
【相关】isolate 使隔离, 使孤立, 使绝缘

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