evaporate
/ɪˈvæpəreɪt/verb
1- turn from liquid into vapour（使）蒸发：
no obj. cook until most of the liquid has evaporated煮到大部分液体蒸发掉为止
with obj. this gets the oil hot enough to evaporate any moisture.这使得油的温度上升到足以蒸发掉所有的水分。
1.1
- lose or cause to lose moisture or solvent as vapour（使）挥发：
with obj. the solution was evaporated to dryness.溶液挥发干了。
1.2
- no obj.(of something abstract) cease to exist（抽象事物）消失：
the militancy of earlier years had evaporated in the wake of defeat.
失败之后, 早年的好战性消失了。
派生词
evaporable
adjectiveevaporation
nounevaporator
noun词源
late Middle English: from Latin evaporat- 'changed into vapour', from the verb evaporare, from e- （variant of ex-） 'out of'+vapor 'steam, vapour'.