contaminate
美音:
[kən´tæmə´neıt
]英音:
[kən´tæmə´neıt
]v.污染
难易程度:
contaminate为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:contaminator 形容词:contaminative 动词过去式:contaminated 过去分词:contaminated 现在分词:contaminating 第三人称单数:contaminates
词根
com-=together,with,wholly 变化型 co-,col-,comb-,con-,cor-,coun-
相关词
contaminate
/kən'tæmɪneɪt; kən`tæmə,net/
v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth/sb (with sth) make sth/sb impure by adding dangerous or disease-carrying substances 使某事物[某人]受污染
*contaminated clothing, eg by radio-active material 受污染的衣物(如受放射性物质污染)
* a river contaminated by chemicals 受到化学物质污染的河流
* Flies contaminate food. 苍蝇可污染食物.
* (fig 比喻) They are contaminating the minds of our young people with these subversive ideas. 他们这些颠覆作乱的思想是对我们年轻人的精神污染.
contaminate
v [T]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of contaminare, from contamen 'contact']
to make a place or substance dirty or harmful by putting something such as chemicals or poison in it
Drinking water supplies are believed to have been contaminated.
to influence something in a way that has a bad effect
He claims the poster ads have 'contaminated Berlin's streets'.
>contamination [kən,tæmɪ'neɪʃən/
1. We continually wage war on them, for they contaminate our food, carry diseases, or devour our crops. 人类不断同昆虫斗争,因为昆虫弄脏我们的食物,传播疾病,吞噬庄稼。
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