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单词 contamination
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
con•tam•i•na•tion  (kən tam′ə nāshən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the act of contaminating.
  2. the state of being contaminated.
  3. something that contaminates.
  4. Linguistics
    • an alternation in a linguistic form due to the influence of a related form, as the replacement in English of earlier femelle with female through the influence of male.
    • the process of forming blends. Cf. blend (def. 9).
  • Late Latin contāminātiōn- (stem of contāminātiō), equivalent. to contāmināt(us) (see contaminate) + -iōn- -ion
  • late Middle English contaminacioun 1375–1425

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