decarbonize

vt. 除去碳素 [机] 脱碳

发音

UK /diːˈkɑːbənaɪz/

词形变化

decarbonized decarbonizes 三单 decarbonizes decarbonizing decarbonizing 现在分词 decarbonized 过去式 decarbonized 过去分词

别名

decarbonise

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To remove carbon from something.

    To clean hard sooty deposits from inside an internal combustion engine.

    及物

    During the overhaul, the cylinder heads were found to be reusable, as long as they got a good cleaning to decarbonize the valve seat areas.

  2. 2.

    To remove carbon from something.

    To remove carbon content from iron or steel, either intentionally or accidentally, as by (for example) overheating steel in the presence of air, destroying its former temper and hardness.

    及物

    A blast furnace decarbonizes iron enough that it can be used as input to a steelmaking furnace.

    Repeatedly scorching a case-hardened tool will ruin the case by decarbonizing it.

  3. 3.

    To remove carbon from something.

    To reduce or replace fossil fuels by renewable energy in energy production and distribution systems.

    不及物 及物

    Efforts to decarbonize the automotive fleet are challenging, but no one wants nightmare-grade climate change, either.

    Efforts to decarbonize have been facing some challenges lately.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

decarbonise decarburise decarburize decoke

上位词 6

take pull remove withdraw take away take off

词源

From de- + carbonize.

来源：wiktionary