| 单词 | distill |
| 释义 | distill (once / 851 pages) v When you distill something, you are boiling it down to its essence — its most important part. Whether it's alcohol or ideas, the distilled part is the most powerful. The original meaning of distill comes from the process of making alcohol, known as distilling, in which all the impurities of a substance are vaporized and its pure, high-alcohol condensation collected. Distill eventually came to mean any process in which the essence of something is revealed. If you take notes at a lecture and then turn them into an essay for your professor, you're distilling your notes into something more pure and exact. At least, that's what you hope you're doing. WORD FAMILYdistill: distillate, distillation, distilled, distiller, distillery, distilling, distillment, distills+/distillate: distillates/distillation: distillations/distiller: distillers/distillery: distilleries/distillment: distillments USAGE EXAMPLESThese brief yet complex stories, distilled from witness testimony, engage the reader in an eloquent plea for our common humanity. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Today the field embodies everything from preserving to photography, and from distilling to digital media. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) Besides its use as incense, frankincense gum is distilled into oil for use in perfumes, skin lotions, medicine and chewing gum. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) 1v undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops The acid distills at a specific temperature Syn|Hyper condense, distil condense develop due to condensation condenseremove water from flux, liquefy, liquify become liquid or fluid when heated 2v remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation Syn|Hypo|Hyper make pure, purify, sublimate distil undergo the process of distillation rectify, refine reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities purgerid of impurities ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate to make better 3v undergo the process of distillation Syn|Hyper distil distil, extract extract by the process of distillation make pure, purify, sublimateremove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 4v extract by the process of distillation distill the essence of this compound Syn|Hypo|Hyper distil, extract distil undergo the process of distillation moonshine distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine create, make make or cause to be or to become 5v give off (a liquid) Syn|Hyper distil exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities |
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