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

diffusediffuse1 /dɪˈfyuz/ verb

ETYMOLOGYdiffuse¹

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French diffuser, from Latin diffusus, past participle of diffundere to spread out

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

1[transitive] if something diffuses light, it spreads it over a larger area and makes it softer and less bright2[intransitive, transitive] science, chemistry if you diffuse a liquid or a gas, or if it diffuses, it spreads over a larger area and mixes evenly with the surrounding gases or liquids, becoming less strong: The wind quickly diffused any toxic vapors that may have leaked out.3[transitive] to spread something over a larger area or to more people, often so that it becomes less strong: Critics believe that such action will diffuse the power of Congress.4[intransitive, transitive] formal to spread ideas or information among a lot of people, or to spread like this: These stories became diffused throughout the English-speaking world.5[transitive] formal to make a bad feeling less strong or the effects of a situation, especially a bad one, less severe: Many presidential candidates have used humor to diffuse criticism.—diffused adjective: diffused lighting—diffusion /dɪˈfyuʒən/ noun [uncountable]