| 释义 |
im·pure
I. \(ˈ)im, əm+\ adjective
Etymology: French & Latin; French, from Latin impurus, from in- in- (I) + purus pure — more at pure
1. : not pure: as
a. : unchaste, lewd, obscene
< impure language >
< given to impure ideas >
b. : containing something unclean : dirty, foul, filthy, unwholesome
< impure water >
< impure air >
c. : unclean for ceremonial or religious purposes or not purified or hallowed by rites : defiled, unholy, unhallowed
d. : not accurate : not idiomatic
< impure Latin >
: marked by an intermixture of foreign elements
< an impure dialect >
or by substandard, incongruous, or objectionable locutions
< an impure style >
e. : mixed or impregnated with an extraneous especially inferior substance : adulterated, unrectified
< an impure chemical >
< impure food >
< an impure diamond >
f. of art or decoration : mixed, bastard
< an impure style of ornamentation >
g. : designed to serve a purpose chiefly other than artistic — used of art or an art form (as a poem or painting)
< there is impure poetry, social and political poetry — Jacob Isaacs >
2. : heterozygous
• im·purely \“+\ adverb
• im·pureness \“+\ noun
II. transitive verb
obsolete : to make impure |