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

con•tam•i•nate v. [~ + object], -nat•ed, -nat•ing.

to make impure, harmful, or unusable by contact or mixture with something unclean; pollute;
taint:The oil spill contaminated the sea.
to make (something) harmful by the addition of radioactive material:After the nuclear power plant accident, crops were badly contaminated in the area.

con•tam•i•na•ble adj.
con•tam•i•nat•ed, adj.: contaminated water supplies.
con•tam•i•na•tion n. [uncountable]trying to prevent contamination of our water supplies.
con•tam•i•na•tor, n. [countable]

con•tam•i•nate v., -nat•ed, -nat•ing, n., adj.
v.t.

to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.:to contaminate a lake with sewage.
to render harmful or unusable by adding radioactive material to:to contaminate a laboratory.

something that contaminates or carries contamination;
contaminant.

adj.

[Obs.]contaminated.

*tag-s-men, equivalent. to tag-, variant stem of tangere to touch + -s-men resultative noun, nominal suffix; compare examen
Latin contāminātus, past participle of contāmināre to defile, spoil, equivalent. to con- con- + -tāminare, verb, verbal derivative of *tāmen something touched
late Middle English contaminaten 1375–1425

con•tam′i•na•ble, adj.
con•tam′i•na′tive, adj.
con•tam′i•na′tor, n.
con•tam′i•nous, adj.

1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged defile, pollute, taint, infect, poison, corrupt.

contaminate vb /kənˈtæmɪˌneɪt/(transitive)

to make impure, esp by touching or mixing; pollute
to make radioactive by the addition of radioactive material

adj /kənˈtæmɪnɪt; -ˌneɪt/

archaic contaminated

Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin contamināre to defile; related to Latin contingere to touch

conˈtaminable adj conˈtaminant n conˈtamiˌnator n

单词	contaminate
释义	WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 con•tam•i•nate /kənˈtæməˌneɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -nat•ed, -nat•ing. to make impure, harmful, or unusable by contact or mixture with something unclean; pollute; taint:The oil spill contaminated the sea. to make (something) harmful by the addition of radioactive material:After the nuclear power plant accident, crops were badly contaminated in the area. con•tam•i•na•ble /kənˈtæmənəbəl/USA pronunciation adj. con•tam•i•nat•ed, adj.: contaminated water supplies. con•tam•i•na•tion /kənˌtæməˈneɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]trying to prevent contamination of our water supplies. con•tam•i•na•tor, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 con•tam•i•nate (v. kən tam′ə nāt′;n., adj. kən tam′ə nit, -nāt′),USA pronunciation v., -nat•ed, -nat•ing, n., adj. v.t. to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.:to contaminate a lake with sewage. to render harmful or unusable by adding radioactive material to:to contaminate a laboratory. n. something that contaminates or carries contamination; contaminant. adj. [Obs.]contaminated. *tag-s-men, equivalent. to tag-, variant stem of tangere to touch + -s-men resultative noun, nominal suffix; compare examen Latin contāminātus, past participle of contāmināre to defile, spoil, equivalent. to con- con- + -tāminare, verb, verbal derivative of *tāmen something touched late Middle English contaminaten 1375–1425 con•tam′i•na•ble, adj. con•tam′i•na′tive, adj. con•tam′i•na′tor, n. con•tam′i•nous, adj. 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged defile, pollute, taint, infect, poison, corrupt. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: contaminate vb /kənˈtæmɪˌneɪt/(transitive) to make impure, esp by touching or mixing; pollute to make radioactive by the addition of radioactive material adj /kənˈtæmɪnɪt; -ˌneɪt/ archaic contaminated Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin contamināre to defile; related to Latin contingere to touch conˈtaminable adj conˈtaminant n conˈtamiˌnator n
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