释义 |
Verb: distil (distilled,distilling) di'stil Usage: Brit (=distill)
- Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- purify, sublimate, make pure, distill [N. Amer] - Undergo the process of distillation
- distill [N. Amer] - Extract by the process of distillation
"distil the essence of this compound" - distill [N. Amer], extract - Undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
- condense, distill [N. Amer] - Give off (a liquid)
"The doctor distiled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound" - distill [N. Amer] - Make more concise
- digest, condense, concentrate, distill [N. Amer]
Derived forms: distils Type of: abbreviate, abridge, ameliorate, amend, better, change, contract, create, cut, exudate, exude, flux, foreshorten, improve, liquefy, liquify, make, meliorate, ooze, ooze out, reduce, shorten, transude |