pollutes; polluted; polluting
pollutes; polluted; polluting
Learner's definition of POLLUTE
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: to make (land, water, air, etc.) dirty and not safe or suitable to use污染；弄脏 -
Waste from the factory had polluted [=contaminated] the river.工厂废料污染了河流。
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Miles of beaches were polluted by the oil spill.数英里的海滩被溢油污染了。
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Car exhaust pollutes the air.汽车尾气污染空气。
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often used figuratively常用作比喻
— polluted
adjective [more polluted; most polluted]
— polluter
noun, plural polluters [count]