Dreye權威釋義|contaminate

vt.

弄髒；汙染；毒害
The water was contaminated.
這水被汙染了。
Flies contaminate food.
蒼蠅會弄髒食物。
使受毒氣影響；使受放射性汙染
使不純，使變得低劣

衍生

a.

contaminative

辨析

同義:

vt.弄髒；毒害；污染

pollute corrupt defile infect

同義參見:

deteriorate demoralize defile¹ addle mess alloy²

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

v.

make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.

Derivative

contaminant n.
contamination n.
contaminator n.

Etymology

ME: from L. contaminat-, contaminare ‘make impure’, from contamen ‘contact, pollution’, from con- ‘together with’ + the base of tangere ‘to touch’.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》