单词 | mineralize |
释义 | mineralizev. 1. transitive. Originally: to transform (a metal) into ore, to incorporate (a metal) into a mineral. Later: to alter (rock) so as to produce aggregates or veins of minerals. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [verb (transitive)] > combine to form ore mineralize1655 1655 T. Vaughan Evphrates 29 When it is Minerallised by it self, and without any fœculent mixture, then [etc.]. 1757 tr. J. F. Henckel Pyritologia 151 Sulphur in its separate state..mineralises, or reduces metals to an ore-state. 1796 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 291 This yellow colour probably occasioned the supposition that the lead was mineralized by the tungstic acid. 1813 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. ix. 221 They [sc. metals] are usually combined with some substance by which they are mineralized. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 84 Iron, lead, and mercury,..when mineralized by sulphur, form respectively the following sulphurets, iron pyrites, galena, and cinnabar. 1929 W. F. Foshag in G. P. Merrill Minerals from Earth & Sky ii. iv. 259 The zone of crushing, or brecciation, is strongly mineralized by deposits of chalecedony, chert, variscite and allied phosphatic minerals. 1996 Ore Geol. Rev. 10 367 These [magmatic] fluids mineralize the overlying dolomite horizons and subjacent faults. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > mineralogy > [verb (intransitive)] mineralize1787 mineralogize1804 society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (intransitive)] > prospect prop1747 mineralize1787 mineralogize1804 prospect1834 1787 A. Young Jrnl. 28 June in Trav. France (1792) i. 26 Can he clamber the rocks to mineralize? 1857 Mrs. A. Crosse Mem. A. Crosse 171 [He] was walking with his eyes fixed on the ground (a habit acquired from mineralising). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > [verb (transitive)] > impregnate mineralize1789 1789 J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. vi. 235 M. de Fourcroy imagines, that some waters contain the liver of sulphur; and that others are mineralized by hepatic gaz. 4. a. transitive. To convert (esp. organic matter) wholly or partly into a mineral or inorganic substance. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > [verb (transitive)] mineralize1799 1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire I. 109 Here are seen..leaves, and roots of birch-trees..entirely mineralized by iron. 1823 W. Buckland Reliq. Diluvianæ 9 The bones found in caverns are never mineralised. 1872 W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks v. 142 The rocky axis, even in that far remote period was as consolidated and mineralised as at present. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 255/1 Shales, sandstones and igneous rocks may be silicified and mineralized under suitable conditions. 1973 Nature 7 Dec. 347/1 Experiments introducing modern lichens into the normal preparation of microfaunal samples..failed to mineralise the plant structures. 1993 Water Supply 11 135 The aim is to mineralize the chlorinated and aromatic hydrocarbons as far as possible in the purification plant. b. intransitive. To become mineralized; to change into a mineral or inorganic substance. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > [verb (intransitive)] mineralize1845 1845 J. B. Mozley Laud in Ess. (1878) I. 192 A mind, by undergoing a certain ordeal, mineralises and turns into hard transparent crystal. 1962 Science 9 Feb. 440/2 The implants which mineralized had been contaminated with bacteria during preparation, and those which did not mineralize had remained sterile. 1975 Nature 17 July 231/1 At or just before the stage of development in which the enamel began to mineralise rapidly, fluoride concentrations were particularly high. 1986 Canad. Jrnl. Forest Res. 16 327 It has been suggested that larch litter mineralizes more readily than other coniferous litters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1655 |
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