absorbent

FREQ #46900

a. 能吸收的 n. 吸收剂

发音

UK /əbˈsɔː.bn̩t/
UK /əbˈzɔː.bn̩t/
US /æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/
US /æbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/
US /əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/
US /əbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/

词形变化

absorbents 复数 absorbents more absorbent 比较级 most absorbent 最高级

别名

absorbant

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Anything which absorbs.

  2. 2.

    The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.

    古体 医学
  3. 3.

    Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.

    医学
  4. 4.

    A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.

    化学
adj.
  1. 1.

    Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.

    Those paper towels were amazingly absorbent. That was quite a spill.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

sorbent

下位词 3

sponge absorbent cotton absorber
形容词

同义词 1

absorptive

反义词 1

nonabsorbent

近义相关 10

thirsty receptive spongy absorbefacient assimilating assimilative assimilatory hygroscopic sorbefacient spongelike

相关短语

absorbent cotton [化] 脱脂棉; 药棉 [医] 脱脂棉, 吸水棉 absorbent paper [化] 吸水纸 absorbent papers absorbent ground absorbent grounds absorbent cores absorbent core

词源

From Latin absorbēns, present active participle of absorbeō (“absorb”).

来源：wiktionary