| 单词 | pollute |
| 释义 | pollute (once / 484 pages) v Pollute is a verb that means to make something dirty or impure. You can pollute a river by pouring waste into it, or you can pollute your body by eating way too much candy. Pollute comes from the Latin word pollut-, meaning “soiled.” When you pollute something, it's soiled or contaminated, often by something poisonous. You might have heard the word pollution — pollution is the stuff that pollutes the environment. The word pollute can be used more figuratively to describe something that corrupts or degrades. For example, reading articles about celebrity weddings can pollute your mind. WORD FAMILYpollute: pollutant, polluted, polluter, pollutes, polluting, pollution+/pollutant: pollutants/polluted: unpolluted/polluter: polluters/pollution: antipollution, pollutions USAGE EXAMPLESSome manufacturing companies are required to cut production and heavily polluting vehicles are banned from the roads. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) When authorities issue red alerts, some manufacturing companies are required to cut production and heavily polluting vehicles are banned from the roads. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Stalling emissions should also spell better health, because coal burning in particular pollutes the air with lung-shredding particles and choking chemicals. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) v make impure The industrial wastes polluted the lake Syn|Hypo|Hyper contaminate, foul infect, taint contaminate with a disease or microorganism superinfectinfect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms smutaffect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil make soiled, filthy, or dirty |
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