释义 |
extract /iks- or eks-traktˈ/ transitive verb- To draw out by force or otherwise
- To choose or select
- To find out
- To derive (pleasure, etc)
- To extort
- To obtain an officially certified copy of (Scots law)
- To copy passages from
- To publish passages from
- To obtain by chemical or physical means from containing or combined matter
- To exhaust or treat by extraction
- To find (the root of a quantity) by a mathematical process
adjective (obsolete except Scots law)- Extracted
- Derived
noun /eksˈtrakt/ - Anything drawn from a substance by heat, distillation, solvents, etc as an essence
- A passage taken from a book or writing
- An officially certified copy of a court order, decree or deed (Scots law)
- Wool obtained from rags from which cotton has been chemically removed
ORIGIN: L extrahere, extractum, from ex from, and trahere to draw extractabilˈity noun extractˈable or extractˈible adjective extractˈant noun (chem) A solvent used for extraction extracˈtion noun - The act of extracting
- Derivation from a stock or family
- Birth
- Lineage
- Something which is extracted
extractˈive adjective - Tending or serving to extract
- Of the nature of an extract
noun An extract extractˈor noun - Someone or something that extracts
- (also extractor fan) an electric fan which extracts air, gas, etc from a room or building
extractive industries plural noun Those such as mining, forestry, agriculture, etc which draw out natural resources and process them into marketable form for the manufacturing sector of industry extractive matter noun The soluble portions of any drug |