释义 |
▪ I. ˈchlorinate, n. [f. chlorine + -ate4.] A product obtained by saturating a caustic alkali or its solution with chlorine; = chloride in sense 2.
1876Gross Dis. Bladder 264 If gangrene supervene, the wound must be syringed with weak solutions of nitric acid, tincture of myrrh, chlorinate of soda. ▪ II. chlorinate, v.|ˈklɔərɪneɪt| [f. chlorine + -ate3.] To act upon or impregnate with chlorine; to convert lime, soda, etc. into the so-called ‘chloride’ (sense 2); to treat gold or silver ore with chlorine, in order to extract the precious metal. (Chiefly in pass.) Hence chlorinated ppl. a., as chlorinated lime, a recent name for the so-called ‘chloride of lime’.
1856Kane Arct. Exp. I. xv. 169 One salt-pork lamp with rusty chlorinated flame. 1876Harley Mat. Med. (ed. 6) 178 Chlorinated Lime was first prepared..in 1798. 1875Ure Dict. Arts I. 788 If the ore to be chlorinated contains finely-divided gold in quartz. |