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单词 adulterator
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•dul•ter•ate /əˈdʌltəˌreɪt/USA pronunciation   v., -at•ed, -at•ing. [~ + object]
  1. to make (a substance) impure by adding inferior or less desirable materials or elements: The whiskey was adulterated with inferior alcohol.
a•dul•ter•ated, adj. 
a•dul•ter•a•tion /əˌdʌltəˈreɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]
a•dul•ter•a•tor, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•dul•ter•ate  (v. ə dul′tə rāt′;adj. ə dul′tər it, -tə rāt′),USA pronunciation v., -at•ed, -at•ing, adj. 
v.t. 
  1. to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements;
    use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of (any professedly genuine article):to adulterate food.

adj. 
  1. adulterated.
  2. adulterous (def. 1).
  • Latin adulterātus mixed, adulterated (past participle of adulterāre), equivalent. to ad- ad- + -ulter (perh. combining form of alter other; see alter) + -ātus -ate1
  • 1580–90
a•dul′ter•a′tor, n. 
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