distil
/dɪˈstɪl/( <美> distill)
verb
(distilled, distilling)with obj.
1- purify (a liquid) by heating it so that it vaporizes, then condensing it by cooling the vapour, and collecting the resulting liquid蒸馏：
they managed to distil a small quantity of water
他们设法蒸馏了少量的水
as adj. distilled dip the slide in distilled water.将（显微镜的）载物玻璃片浸入蒸馏水中。
1.1
- （一般作be distilled）make (something, especially spirits or an essence) in this way用蒸馏法制作（某物, 尤指烈酒或精华）：
whisky is distilled from a mash of grains
威士忌是用谷物麦芽蒸馏制成的
as noun distilling the distilling industry.蒸馏酒工业。
1.2
- extract the essence of (something) by heating it with a solvent提纯：
distil the leaves of some agrimony.
将龙芽草的叶子提纯。
1.3
- remove (a volatile constituent) of a mixture by using heat（通过加热）去除（挥发性成分）：
coal tar is made by distilling out the volatile products in coal.
煤焦油是通过加热去除煤中的挥发性物质得到的。
1.4
- （常作be distilled）figurative extract the essential meaning or most important aspects of〈喻〉汲取…的精华; 抓住…的重点：
my travel notes were distilled into a book
我的旅行笔记浓缩成了一本书
as adj. distilled the employee report is a distilled version of the main accounts.雇员报告是主要报道的浓缩本。
1.5
- no obj. poetic/literary emanate as a vapour or in minute drops〈诗/文〉散发：
she drew back from the dank breath that distilled out of the earth.
她离大地散发出的阴湿的空气而去。
派生词
distillation
noundistillatory
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Latin distillare, variant of destillare, from de- 'down， away'+stillare （from stilla 'a drop'）.