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distill

Related topics: Chemistry, Technology

dis·till, distil /dɪˈstɪl/ verb (distilled, distilling) [transitiveT]

1 HCTto make a liquid such as water or alcohol more pure by heating it so that it becomes a gas and then letting it cool. Drinks such as whisky are made this way 蒸餾

distilled water

蒸餾水

2. to remove a chemical substance from a plant, for example by heating or pressing it 〔從植物中〕提煉，榨取

3 INFORMATIONto get the main ideas or facts from a much larger amount of information 〔從大量的信息中〕提取，提煉

distill something into something

The notes I had brought back were waiting to be distilled into a book.

我帶回來的筆記尚待整理成書。

—distillation /ˌdɪstəˈleɪʃən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

distill• The essential is to keep on distilling down, and following ruthlessly the consequences of the dreams.• The most notable of these were the silk, paper, sail canvas, and gin distilling industries.• Water could be extracted by distilling or melting blocks of permafrost.• But it does distill the issue to the question on which tax policy should stand or fall: fairness.• On the various shelves were set items of laboratory equipment: retorts, beakers, distilling tubes and burners.• My task has been to simplify the subject without oversimplifying, to distill without losing essence.

Origin distill

(1300-1400) Old French distiller, from Latin stillare “to fall in drops”

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See also: distil

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