| 释义 |
reduce /ri-dūsˈ/ transitive verb- To make smaller or less, to lessen
- To diminish in weight or girth
- To bring into a lower state
- To concentrate or thicken (a sauce) by boiling to evaporate water and reduce the volume
- To weaken
- To degrade (military)
- To impoverish
- To subdue
- To subject to necessity
- To drive into (a condition; with to)
- To change to another form
- To express in other terms
- To range in order or classification
- To adapt, adjust
- To translate
- To put into (writing, practice, etc; with to)
- To break up, separate, disintegrate
- To disband (military; obsolete)
- To bring to the metallic state
- To put back into a normal condition or place (eg a dislocation or fracture) (surgery)
- To remove oxygen from, or combine with hydrogen, or lessen the positive valency of (an atom or ion) by adding electrons
- To annul (Scots law)
- To bring back (archaic)
- To restore to an old state (archaic)
- To bring into a new state (archaic)
intransitive verb- To become smaller or less
- (of a sauce, etc) to thicken or become concentrated
- To resolve itself
- To slim, or lessen weight or girth
ORIGIN: L redūcere, reductum, from re- back, and dūcere to lead reducedˈ adjective - In a state of reduction
- Weakened
- Impoverished
- Diminished
- Simplified in structure
reducˈer noun - A person who reduces
- A means of reducing
- A joint-piece for connecting pipes of varying diameter
reducibilˈity noun reducˈible adjective That may be reduced reducˈibleness noun reducˈing adjective reducˈtant noun A reducing agent reducˈtase noun An enzyme which brings about the reduction of organic compounds reduction /-dukˈshən/ noun - The act of reducing or state of being reduced
- Diminution
- Lowering of price
- Subjugation
- Changing of numbers or quantities from one denomination to another (mathematics)
- A settlement of S Americans converted by the Jesuits to Christianity, and governed by them (historical)
reducˈtionism noun The belief that complex data and phenomena can be explained in terms of something simpler reducˈtionist noun and adjective reductionistˈic adjective reducˈtive adjective - Bringing back (archaic)
- Reducing, narrowing, limiting
reducˈtively adverb reducˈtiveness noun reducing agent noun (chem) A substance with a strong affinity for oxygen, or the like, serving to remove it from others reducing flame noun A hot luminous blowpipe flame in which substances can be reduced reduction division noun (biology) Meiosis reduction works noun Smelting works in reduced circumstances (euphemistic) Impoverished reduce to the ranks To demote, for misconduct, to the condition of a private soldier |