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- a water-soluble cleansing agent which combines with impurities and dirt to make them more soluble, and differs from soap in not forming a scum with the salts in hard water洗涤剂, 清洁剂, 去垢剂。
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- any additive with a similar action, e.g. an oil-soluble substance which holds dirt in suspension in lubricating oil清洁添加剂（指任何能起清洁剂作用的添加剂, 如能使污垢在润滑油中悬浮的可溶于油的物质）。
- of or relating to such compounds or their action（与）清洁添加剂（有关）的; 使清洁的：
staining that resists detergent action.
抗清洁作用的污斑形成。
派生词
detergence
noundetergency
noun词源
early 17th cent. (as an adjective)： from Latin detergent- 'wiping away'， from the verb detergere, from de- 'away from' + tergere 'to wipe'.