deliquescent

a. (容易)潮解的, 溶解性的 [医] 潮解的

发音

其它 /diˈlɪkwəsənt/

词形变化

more deliquescent 比较级 most deliquescent 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Seeming to melt away.

  2. 2.

    Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.

    化学

    deliquescent salts

  3. 3.

    Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.

    生物 植物学

    1850, Asa Gray, The Botanical Text-Book, New York: Putnam, 3rd edition, rewritten and enlarged, Chapter 4, p. 102, In other cases, the main stem is arrested, sooner or later, either by flowering, by the failure of the terminal bud, or the more vigorous development of some of the lateral buds, and thus the trunk is lost in the branches, or is deliquescent, as in most of our deciduous-leaved trees.

  4. 4.

    Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle.

    生物 植物学

词汇关系

形容词

近义相关 1

hydrophilic

词源

Latin deliquescens, present participle of deliquesco; de + liquesco (“to melt”): compare French déliquescent. By surface analysis, deliquesce + -ent

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