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

单词	dissipate
释义	dis·si·pate I. \ˈdisəˌpāt, usu -ād.+V\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin dissipatus, past participle of dissipare, from dis- dis- (I) + -sipare (from supare to throw); akin to Old English geswōpe trash, Old Norse sōfl broom, svāf spear, Sanskrit svapū broom, Old Slavic sypati to shake; basic meaning: throwing, shaking *transitive verb* 1. a. : to break up and drive off (as a crowd) : scatter, disperse < dissipate the enemy forces by unremitting gunfire > b. : to cause to disappear especially by dispersion or diffusion : cause to spread out or spread thin to the point of vanishing : dispel, dissolve < the morning sun dissipated the night mists > < if this absorbed heat is not dissipated, the surfaces of the combustion chambers would become red hot — Ernest Venk > < a bright light dissipated the darkness of the night — W.H.G.Kingston > < familiarity … dissipated the prejudice born of ignorance — Oscar Handlin > < the common bond which drew them together is dissipated by the divergent interests of adult life — Carmen Rosa > 2. a. : to expend aimlessly or foolishly < dissipate our energies in trivial occupations > < the union would be dissipating its bargaining power — using it wastefully instead of conserving it — S.H.Slichter > b. : to spend so as to have no further possession of < had a small patrimony … but that he dissipated before he left college — George Meredith > also : to lose by squandering < dissipated the family fortune in only a few years of wild living > *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to separate into parts and scatter or disappear : disperse, vanish < mist will usually dissipate in the sun's rays > < the crowd lost interest and dissipated > b. : to spread out so that an original identity is lost < the skirts flowed down to dissipate … where they touched the floor — Elizabeth Bowen > < the river dissipated in several smaller streams > 2. : to be extravagant or dissolute in the pursuit of physical pleasure; especially : to drink alcoholic beverages excessively < paying with a hangover for his extended dissipating of the night before > Synonyms: see scatter, waste II. adjective Etymology: Latin dissipatus obsolete : thinly dispersed : scattered
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