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refining 音標拼音: [rəf'ɑɪnɪŋ] [rɪf'ɑɪnɪŋ] ing. 提煉 提煉 refining n 1: the process of removing impurities ( as from oil or metals or sugar etc.) [ synonym: { refining}, { refinement}, { purification}] Refine \ Re* fine"\ ( r?* f? n"), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Refined} (- find"); p. pr. & vb. n. { Refining}.] [ Pref. re- fine to make fine: cf. F. raffiner.] 1. To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar. [ 1913 Webster] I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined. -- Zech. xiii. 9. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings. [ 1913 Webster] Love refines The thoughts, and heart enlarges. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To purify; clarify; polish; ennoble. [ 1913 Webster]
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