distil[dis'til]

• vt.
  • [主英国英语]
  • 蒸馏(以浓缩或纯化)；用蒸馏法对…进行净化(或纯化、提纯、提取、提炼、浓缩)；用蒸馏法提炼(或提取、生产)；(似)用蒸馏法获得：

    We distilled the salt water and made it into drinking water.

    我们蒸馏海水使其变成饮用水。

    to distil whiskey from mash

    从麦芽浆蒸馏出威士忌酒

  • 用蒸馏法去除(常与off或out连用)：

    to distil out impurities

    用蒸馏法去除杂质

  • [比喻]提炼；净化；浓缩；吸取…的精华：

    The writer managed to distil his ideas into one succinct article.

    作家努力把他的想法浓缩成一篇简练的文章。

  • 使滴下；使渗出：

    The cool of the night distils the dew.

    清凉的夜晚洒落露水。

• vi.
  • 蒸馏；浓缩，提炼：

    The liquid distils when heated.

    液体被加热时会蒸馏。

  • 精炼，蒸馏中先汽化后凝结；(作为蒸馏物)凝聚(或滴下)；作为精华产生
  • 滴下；渗出：

    Some water distilled over the rocks from the moist undergrowth.

    岩石下潮湿的草丛使岩石上渗出水滴。

• 变形:

  vt.distilled.distilling