|
concentrate 音標拼音: [k'ɑnsəntr ,et] vt. 集中,集結;濃縮
vi. 集中,集結;濃縮 集中,集結;濃縮集中,集結;濃縮 concentrate n 1: the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore [ synonym: { dressed ore}, { concentrate}] 2: a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water 3: a concentrated example of something; " the concentrate of contemporary despair" v 1: make denser, stronger, or purer; " concentrate juice" 2: direct one' s attention on something; " Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" [ synonym: { concentrate}, { focus}, { center}, { centre}, { pore}, { rivet}] 3: make central; " The Russian government centralized the distribution of food" [ synonym: { centralize}, { centralise}, { concentrate}] [ ant: { decentralise}, { decentralize}, { deconcentrate}] 4: make more concise; " condense the contents of a book into a summary" [ synonym: { digest}, { condense}, { concentrate}] 5: draw together or meet in one common center; " These groups concentrate in the inner cities" 6: compress or concentrate; " Congress condensed the three- year plan into a six- month plan" [ synonym: { condense}, { concentrate}, { contract}] 7: be cooked until very little liquid is left; " The sauce should reduce to one cup" [ synonym: { boil down}, { reduce}, { decoct}, { concentrate}] 8: cook until very little liquid is left; " The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" [ synonym: { reduce}, { boil down}, { concentrate}] Concentrate \ Con* cen" trate\ (? or ?), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Concentrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Concentrating}.] [ Pref. con- L. centrum center. Cf. { Concenter}.] 1. To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention. [ 1913 Webster] ( He) concentrated whole force at his own camp. -- Motley. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to { dilute}. [ 1913 Webster] Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength. -- Arbuthnot. Syn: To combine; to condense; to consolidate. [ 1913 Webster]
Concentrate \ Con* cen" trate\ (? or ?), v. i. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities. [ 1913 Webster] 168 Moby Thesaurus words for " concentrate": abbreviate, accelerate, aggravate, approach, assemble, attend closely to, attend to business, be alert, be obsessed with, beef up, blow up, bring into focus, bring together, center, centralize, circumscribe, close, close in, close up, close with, cluster, coarct, collect, come together, compact, complicate, compress, concenter, concentralize, concentrate on, concentrate the mind, concentrate upon, concentrated, concentration, condense, congest, congregate, consolidate, constant, constrict, constringe, contract, converge, cram, cramp, crowd, curtail, decoct, decoction, decrease, deepen, densen, densify, direct, distill, distillate, distillation, double, draw, draw in, draw together, elixir, enhance, essence, essentialize, establish, exacerbate, exaggerate, exclusive, express, extract, extraction, fall in with, firm, fix, fix on, fixate, fixed, focalize, focus, focus on, funnel, gather, give heed, group, heap, heat up, heighten, hop up, hot up, infuse, infusion, integrate, intensify, intersect, jam, jazz up, key up, knit, look lively, look out, look sharp, magnify, make complex, mass, meet, melt down, miss nothing, narrow, narrow the gap, nip, pay attention, pay heed, pile, pinch, press, press out, pucker, pucker up, purification, purse, put, quintessence, ram down, ramify, redouble, reduce, refine, refinement, reinforce, render, rivet, run together, scrutinize, set, settle, sharpen, shorten, shrink, soak, solidify, soup up, spirit, squeeze, steadfast, steady, steep, step up, strangle, strangulate, strengthen, study, take care, take heed, taper, think, triple, undistracted, undivided, unfaltering, unite, unremitting, unwavering, watch out, whet, wring, wring out, wrinkle
|
安裝中文字典英文字典查詢工具!
中文字典英文字典工具:
英文字典中文字典相關資料:
|