| 释义 |
▪ I. † ˈvaporate, ppl. a. Obs.—1
[ad. L. vapōrāt-us, pa. pple. of vapōrāre: see next.]
Vaporized.
1655Stanley Hist. Philos. (1687) 552/2 Smelling judgeth of Odors, good and ill,..putrid, humid, liquid, vaporate.
▪ II. † ˈvaporate, v. Obs.
Also 7 vapourate.
[f. L. vapōrāt-, ppl. stem of vapōrāre to convert into, to become, vapour.]
1. trans.
a. To convert into vapour, to vaporize.
1611Florio, Vaporabile,..that may be vaporated.
b. To emit as a vapour.
a1640J. Ball Power Godlines (1657) 119 A boyling Sea, or Sepulchre of corruption, steeming and vaporating up continually a world of..ill-disposed imaginations. 1648Hexham ii, Swademen, to Exhale, or, to Vapourate.
2. intr.
a. To rise in or as vapour.
1620Venner Via Recta vii. 111 They represse and infrigidate the hot fumes that vaporate to the head. 1643A. Ross Mel Helic. 168 If Musk, Perfume, or rosed air, Or Balm could vaporate from thee.
b. To give off vapour.
1623Cockeram i, Vaporate, to cast forth vapours. |