flocculate

v. 絮凝, 絮结

词形变化

flocculates 复数 flocculates flocculates 三单 flocculating flocculating 现在分词 flocculated 过去式 flocculated 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mass that has suffered flocculation.

v.
  1. 1.

    To collect (suspended particles, sediment, etc.) into loose, fluffy aggregations resembling tufts of wool.

    及物/不及物

    When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having flock form or forms.

词汇关系

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上位词 3

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词源

Scientific internationalism; from Latin flocculus + -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3), diminutive of floccus (“a lock, tuft”).

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