英语词汇“attenuate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

at·ten·u·ate

(ə-tĕny-āt′)

v. at·ten·u·at·ed, at·ten·u·at·ing, at·ten·u·ates

v.tr.

1. To make slender, fine, or small: The drought attenuated the river to a narrow channel.

2. To reduce in force, value, amount, or degree; weaken: Medicine attenuated the fever's effect.

3. To lessen the density of; rarefy.

4. Biology To make (bacteria or viruses) less virulent.

5. Electronics To reduce (the amplitude of an electrical signal) with little or no distortion.

v.intr.

To become thin, weak, or fine.

adj. (-y-ĭt)

1. Reduced or weakened, as in strength, value, or virulence.

2. Botany Gradually tapering to a slender point.

[Latin attenuāre, attenuāt- : ad-, ad- + tenuāre, to make thin (from tenuis, thin; see ten- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]

at·ten′u·ation n.

单词	attenuate
释义	at·ten·u·ate (ə-tĕny-āt′) v. at·ten·u·at·ed, at·ten·u·at·ing, at·ten·u·ates v.tr. 1. To make slender, fine, or small: The drought attenuated the river to a narrow channel. 2. To reduce in force, value, amount, or degree; weaken: Medicine attenuated the fever's effect. 3. To lessen the density of; rarefy. 4. Biology To make (bacteria or viruses) less virulent. 5. Electronics To reduce (the amplitude of an electrical signal) with little or no distortion. v.intr. To become thin, weak, or fine. adj. (-y-ĭt) 1. Reduced or weakened, as in strength, value, or virulence. 2. Botany Gradually tapering to a slender point. [Latin attenuāre, attenuāt- : ad-, ad- + tenuāre, to make thin (from tenuis, thin; see ten- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] at·ten′u·ation n.
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