| 单词 | sublimate |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['sʌblimeit] |
| 解释 | v. (使)升华，净化 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.(使)升华，净化(to express instinctual urges, esp. sexual desires, in a socially acceptable manner) 【记】 来自sublime(崇高的) ＋ate |
| 字源 | sublimate (v.) 1590s, "raise to a high place," back-formation from sublimation or else from Medieval Latin sublimatus, past participle of sublimare "to lift up." The word was used in English from 1560s as a past participle adjective meaning "purified, refined by sublimation." Chemical/alchemical sense of "heat a solid into vapor and allow it to cool again" as a way of extracting a pure substance from dross is from c.1600. Related: Sublimated; sublimating. As a noun from 1620s. |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】sub 下面 + climate 天气，从下面升到天上的气体；sub + limit 极限，在极限以下，极高之下，已经很崇高了 |
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