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

sublime /sə-blīmˈ/

adjective

Exalted, lofty

Majestic

Supreme

Of the highest or noblest nature

Awakening feelings of awe and veneration

Raised up, lifted on high (archaic)

Of proud or supercilious aspect or bearing (literary)

Just under the skin (anatomy)

noun

That which is sublime

A pinnacle of achievement, surpassing excellence, the lofty or grand, in thought, arrangement or style

The supreme degree

transitive verb

To raise up, exalt

To transmute into something higher

To object to or obtain by sublimation

To deposit as a sublimate

To purify by (or as if by) sublimation

intransitive verb

To undergo sublimation

ORIGIN: L sublimis in a high position, exalted, from sublimāre, -ātum to exalt; origin unknown

sublīmˈable adjective

sublimate /subˈlim-āt/ transitive verb

To elevate
To sublime
To purify by sublimation
To transmute into something higher
To direct unconsciously (a primitive impulse such as an aggressive or sexual impulse) into a higher or more socially acceptable action
To direct into a higher channel

noun /-mət/ (chem)

A product of sublimation, esp a corrosive sublimate

adjective /-mət/

Sublimed or sublimated

subˈlimated adjective

sublimāˈtion noun

The change from solid to vapour without passing through the liquid state, usu with subsequent change back to solid (chem)
Purification by this process
A sublimate
Elevation
Ecstasy
The acme, height
Transmutation into something higher
The unconscious diversion towards higher aims or more socially acceptable actions of the energy derived from an instinct which is denied gratification, such as an aggressive or sexual impulse

sublimed /səb-līmdˈ/ adjective

sublimeˈly adverb

sublimeˈness noun

sublīmˈing noun and adjective

sublimity /səb-limˈ/ noun

subˈlimize or subˈlimise transitive verb (rare)