单词 | water purification |
释义 | > as lemmaswater purification water purification n. (a) purification by water, spec. spiritual purification by the waters of baptism (now rare); (b) the removal of impurities from water to render it suitable for human use, esp. as drinking water. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > purification > [noun] washingc1375 purgationa1382 purificationc1384 expiation1532 emundation1610 lustration1614 februationa1652 lustrating1653 water purification1722 samskara1807 1722 T. Johnson Rector Corrected 75 The Apostles..leave no Charge, nor yet lay any kind of Stress upon external Rites or Ceremonies of any Sort, neither upon Water-Purification or Baptism, upon Bread or Wine, or Oyl, Services. 1822 T. Patching Relig. Convincem. & Plea For Baptism & Communion of Spirit 217 Water purification cannot reach to our internal need, and cleanse us from the impurity of the stomach, nor from the various disorders which so frequently lurk within the natural system. 1848 C. H. Meeker tr. ‘J. H. Rausse’ Misc. Graefenberg Water-cure 113 All others would do well to take in hand the water-purification of their bodies. 1861 Chem. News 10 Aug. 79/1 The author thoroughly understands the subject of water purification. 1924 A. J. Allmand & H. J. T. Ellingham Princ. Appl. Electrochem. (ed. 2) xxviii. 696 Descriptions have been published of water-purification plants using the Siemens-Halske system at Paris and at Petrograd. 1994 Chicago Tribune 15 Apr. ii. 7/3 UNPROFOR—the peacekeeping arm of the United Nations—passed out water purification tablets. 2004 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Jan. a4/2 The stars of the show likely will be their four reverse-osmosis water-purification units. < as lemmas |
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