liquid

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liq·uid1 /ˈlɪkwɪd/ W3 noun

[countableC, uncountableU]LIQUID a substance that is not a solid or a gas, for example water or milk 液体，液态物

Add a little more liquid to the sauce.

在酱汁中再加一点水。

→ washing-up liquid

Examples from the Corpus

liquid• Lais's hand shook as she downed the dense amber liquid.• She screamed as the boiling liquid burned her skin.• The house like the other houses, veined, a private fountain of clear liquid.• The column allows the ascending vapour to come into contact with the descending liquid.• Given an adequate amount of glucose, the ethanol content of a fermenting liquid rises until it reaches about 12 percent.• By this time, the mixture should be rich and pulpy with very little liquid. 3.• Cook the rice until all the liquid is absorbed.• Remove the platter from the steamer and pour off the liquid.• Show the students the liquids and identify them.• Add most of the flour to the liquid and stir the mixture.

liquid2 adjectiveadj

1 LIQUIDin the form of a liquid instead of a gas or solid 液体的，液态的

Children take antibiotics in liquid form.

儿童服用液态抗生素。

liquid soap

液体皂

2 BFL technical easily changed into money by being sold or exchanged 易变现的，流动的

Their shares are more liquid than those of many smaller companies.

他们的股票比许多较小公司的股票更容易变现。

→ liquid assets

3. liquid refreshment DRUNKdrink, especially alcoholic drink – used humorously 饮料〔尤指酒类；幽默用法〕

Examples from the Corpus

liquid refreshment• A hearty supper was eaten and a bar constantly provided welcome liquid refreshment.• And the signs are the journeys will made without liquid refreshment.• But at least there was liquid refreshment on hand in Ted's hour of need.• Oh, there were times when a few drops of liquid refreshment passed their lips.

4 BRIGHT literary clear and shiny, like water 清澈明亮的，晶莹剔透的

liquid green eyes

清澈明亮的绿眼睛

5. literaryCLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTAND liquid sounds are clear and pure 〔声音〕清脆的

Examples from the Corpus

liquid• Certificates of deposit are not as liquid as money in a passbook account.• It was assumed that the liquid discharge would disperse and be rendered harmless.• Treat your plants once a week with liquid fertiliser.• During the main growing season from April to September, frequent watering is required, adding a liquid houseplant feed each week.• Liquid Nikwax A non-oily liquid wax which cleans as it waterproofs.• liquid nitrogen• This removes half of the cryogenics problem but leaves us with liquid oxygen.• The protein-sparing modified fast was popularized in the form of liquid protein diets.• The SE-703 has been designed to replace traditional liquid solvent extraction usually used for sample preparation prior to chromatographic analysis.

in liquid form• A gas liquefies when the attractive forces between the molecules are sufficient to bind them together in liquid form.• Everyone wants to hold their assets in liquid form.• It would fly around in the atmosphere for a few hours, storing away oxygen in liquid form.• These formulations are supplied in liquid form and are similar in texture to detergents although with a slightly acrid smell unless perfumed.• The low temperatures required to keep it in liquid form are much more easily maintained in space than on the ground.• The remedy does not, as many people think, have to be taken in liquid form as a tea or medicine.• Solvent based hard surface cleaners are always supplied in liquid form with industrial packs usually being 5 litres or thereabouts.

From Longman Business Dictionary

liquidliq·uid /ˈlɪkwɪd/ adjectiveadjFINANCE

1involving cash, or things that can easily be changed into cash

In a modern economy, liquid wealth is held in the form of money.

2involving things that can easily be bought and sold

the well-developed, highly liquid and sophisticated money market in London

→ opposite illiquid

Origin liquid2

(1300-1400) French liquide, from Latin liquidus, from liquere “to flow as a liquid”

liq·uid1 nounliquid2 adjectiveadj

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