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蒸馏

Word · VerbTraditional蒸餾

distill; purify by heating

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

verb

to distill; to heat a liquid mixture to separate components by boiling point

technical

A standard chemical/physical process used in laboratories and industry for purification or separation of liquid mixtures.

Wǒ我
men们
xū需
yào要
zhēng蒸
liú馏
zhè这
píng瓶
shuǐ水
yǐ以
qù去
chú除
zá杂
zhì质
 。

We need to distill this bottle of water to remove impurities.

Qì汽
yóu油
shì是
tōng通
guò过
zhēng蒸
liú馏
yuán原
yóu油
dé得
dào到
de的
 。

Gasoline is obtained by distilling crude oil.

Show 2 more examples
Niàng酿
jiǔ酒
guò过
chéng程
zhōng中
xū需
yào要
duō多
cì次
zhēng蒸
liú馏
 。

The winemaking process requires multiple distillations.

Zhè这
gè个
shí实
yàn验
shì室
zhuān专
mén门
yán研
jiū究
zhēng蒸
liú馏
jì技
shù术
 。

This laboratory specializes in researching distillation techniques.