单词	diffusion
释义	diffusedif‧fuse1 /dɪˈfjuːz/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINdiffuse1 Origin: 1300-1400 Old French diffuser, from Latin diffusus, past participle of diffundere ‘to spread out’ Verb Table VERB TABLE diffuse Simple Form Present I, you, we, they diffuse he, she, it diffuses Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they diffused Present perfect I, you, we, they have diffused he, she, it has diffused Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had diffused Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will diffuse Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have diffused Continuous Form Present I am diffusing he, she, it is diffusing you, we, they are diffusing Past I, he, she, it was diffusing you, we, they were diffusing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been diffusing he, she, it has been diffusing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been diffusing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be diffusing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been diffusing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Critics believe that such action will diffuse the power of Congress. Many presidential candidates have used humor to diffuse criticism. The history of the house has been diffused through family legend. The wind quickly diffused any toxic vapors that may have leaked out. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Alternative energy technologies will be successfully diffused only if realistic assumptions are made about the real economic situation in the Third World. As solvent diffuses through the membrane, the increase in volume causes the diaphragm to move. Mental mistakes have diffused the greatest of teams with the most legendary of coaches. Obtainable under the proprietary name Chlordane, the toxin gradually works down into the soil diffusing into the soil atmosphere. Serum is placed into a circular-well area and allowed to diffuse into the agar forming antigen antibody complexes. The smoke will diffuse into other rooms and will get into carpets, drapes and clothing. This is why the method is often applied to soften and diffuse distant objects or hills, as in atmospheric perspective. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► widely · The ideology of royal power was already widely diffused in Charles's kingdom after centuries of Merovingian rule. 1[intransitive, transitive] to make heat, light, liquid etc spread through something, or to spread like thisdiffuse through/into/across The pollutants diffuse into the soil.2[intransitive, transitive] to spread ideas or information among a lot of people, or to spread like this:  Their ideas diffused quickly across Europe.3[transitive] to make a bad feeling or situation less strong or serious:  an attempt to diffuse his anger—diffusion /dɪˈfjuːʒən/ noun [uncountable]
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