pollute
英 [p?'lu?t]
美[p?'lut]
- vt. 污染；玷污；敗壞
CET4TEM4考研TOEFLCET6中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?pollutes;過去式:?polluted;過去分詞:?polluted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?polluting;
中文詞源
pollute 使污染
來自拉丁語pollurere,抹上泥土，弄臟，玷污，來自前綴por-在字母l開頭前的異化形式pol-,在前，向前，luere,涂抹，弄臟，流出，流出泥漿，詞源同liniment,delete.在14世紀時用于詞義遺精或手淫，后于19世紀中期用于詞義污染，并成為主要詞義。
英文詞源
- pollute (v.)
- late 14c., "to defile," a back formation from pollution, or else from Latin pollutus, past participle of polluere "to defile, pollute, contaminate." Related: Polluted; polluting. Meaning "make physically foul" is from 1540s; specific sense "contaminate the environment" emerged from late 19c.
雙語例句
- 1. Mining would pollute the lake and denude the forest.
- 采礦會污染湖水，毀掉森林。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Factories are no longer allowed to pollute the air with black smoke.
- 不再允許工廠的黑煙污染空氣了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. She thinks these books pollute the minds of children.
- 她認為這些書腐蝕兒童的心靈.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. These gases pollute the atmosphere of towns and cities.
- 這些氣體污染了城鎮(zhèn)的空氣。
來自辭典例句
- 5. Many things pollute water, such as tires, trash, and plastic bags.
- 很多東西使水污染, 例如輪胎 、 垃圾和塑膠袋.
來自辭典例句