efflorescence

n. 开花, 风化 [化] 风化

发音

其它 /ˌɛfləˈɹɛsəns/

词形变化

efflorescences 复数 efflorescences

别名

efflorescency efflorescense

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.

    可数 不可数 化学
  2. 2.

    The production of flowers.

    可数 不可数 生物 植物学
  3. 3.

    An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick, plaster, or mortar; usually caused by free alkalies leached from mortar or adjacent concrete as moisture moves through it.

    可数 不可数 商务 建筑 工程
  4. 4.

    An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid or geothermal environments.

    可数 不可数 地质
  5. 5.

    Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.

    可数 比喻 不可数
  6. 6.

    A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.

    可数 不可数 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

prime flower rash flush bloom peak blossom blossoming flowering heyday

上位词 10

growing period development growth eruption crystallisation crystallization maturation ontogenesis ontogeny

下位词 8

hives golden age heat rash miliaria nettle-rash prickly heat urticaria urtication

词源

Borrowed from French efflorescence, from Latin efflōrēscō (from ex- (“out”) + flōrēscō (“to blossom”)) + -ence. By surface analysis, effloresce + -ence.

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