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单词 bacterial leaching
释义

bacteria /bak-tēˈri-ə/

plural noun (sing bactēˈrium or (non-standard) bactēˈria)

A group of unicellular or filamentous micro-organisms belonging to the Schizomycetes, saprophytic, parasitic or autotrophic, agents in putrefaction, nitrogen fixation, etc and the cause of many diseases

ORIGIN: Gr baktērion, dimin of baktron a stick

bactēˈrial, bactēˈrian or bacteric /-terˈik/ adjective

bactēˈrioid or bacˈteroid noun

A swollen bacterium living symbiotically in the root-nodules of beans and other plants

bacˈterize or bacˈterise transitive verb

To treat with bacteria

bacˈteroid noun see bacterioid above

bacteria bed noun

A filter bed

bacterial leaching noun (mining) see under leach1

bacterial recovery noun see microbiological mining under microbe

leach1 /lēch/

transitive verb
  1. (also letch) to allow (a liquid) to percolate through something
  2. To subject (something) to percolation so as to separate the soluble constituent(s)
  3. To drain away by percolation
intransitive verb
  1. To percolate through or out of
  2. To pass out of by the action of a percolating liquid
  3. To lose soluble elements by the action of a percolating liquid
ORIGIN: OE leccan to water, irrigate or moisten

leachˈate noun

  1. A liquid that has percolated through or out of some substance
  2. A liquid that has been polluted or made toxic by percolating through rubbish
  3. A solution obtained by leaching

leachˈing noun

leachˈy adjective

Liable to be leached

leachˈ-trough or leachˈtub noun

A trough or tub in which ashes are leached

bacterial leaching

The use of selected strains of bacteria to accelerate the acid leach of sulphide minerals

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