| 释义 |
disˈintegrating, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. That disintegrates (trans.); reducing or tending to reduce to fragments; destroying cohesion or integrity.
1831Brewster Nat. Magic xii. (1833) 298 The disintegrating and solvent powers of chemical agents. 1868G. Duff Pol. Surv. 220 Those disintegrating forces which have worked so powerfully in breaking up more than one of the States.
2. That disintegrates (intr.); breaking up, going to pieces.
1872C. King Mountain. Sierra Nev. x. 217 A disintegrating race. 1877Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 124 Disintegrating red corpuscles are sometimes seen. |