英语词汇“distill”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	distill
释义	dis·till verb also dis·til \də̇ˈstil\ (distilled ; distilled ; distilling ; distills also distils) Etymology: Middle English distillen, from Middle French distiller, from Late Latin distillare, alteration of Latin destillare, from de- down + stillare to drip, trickle, from stilla drop; akin to German stieren to stare, Old Norse stira to stare, Latin stiria icicle, Lithuanian stỹrti to stiffen, Old English stān stone — more at de-, stone *transitive verb* 1. a. : to send or pour forth in small quantities : infuse < snowy … blossoms that distill their fragrance through the countryside — American Guide Series: Virginia > b. : to let fall or precipitate in drops or in a wet mist < some caves are dry, others distill water from invisible rifts or pendent beards — Norman Douglas > 2. a. : to subject to or transform by distillation < distill molasses into rum > b. : to get, extract, or make by distillation, by a process suggesting distillation, or as if by distillation < a strong drink distilled from grain > < distill gasoline from crude oil > < distill coal tar from coal > < basic truths must be discovered and distilled out of the available mass of mental acrobatics, common sense, horse sense, and nonsense — P.M.Mazur > < they manage to distill comedy out of the spiritual loneliness of the characters they are playing — Brooks Atkinson > < a 1500-page narrative distilled from 168 bound volumes of his papers — A.S.Henning > c. : to obtain an extract from (as a plant) by infusion and distillation < making medicines by distilling herbs she had gathered > d. : to remove by distillation — usually used with out or off < distill impurities from the elixir > < distill off the impurities > < the heavy oil left after gasoline and light oils are distilled off the crude — Newsweek > e. : to make concentrated by abridgment and purification or by the extraction of an essential or typical portion : concentrate, purify < distill the information before presenting it to the committee > < she distills the lore of the ancients and the learning of modern specialists into a literary form palatable to a wide public — W.E.D.Allen > < a lyric poet works in a more distilled medium than narrative prose — Cyril Connolly > 3. obsolete : dissolve, melt *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to fall or materialize in drops or in a fine moisture : drop, trickle < water distilling over the rocks from the moist undergrowth > b. : to fall, appear, or materialize slowly or in small quantities at a time as if by distillation < spiritual values distill slowly from the interaction of sensation, emotion, or thought — G.R.Harrison > 2. : to undergo distillation : condense or drop from a still after distillation < a liquor that distills easily > 3. : to perform distillation
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