precipitate1
KK: [prɪˈsɪpǝˌtеt]
DJ: [priˈsipitеit]
vt.
- 使突然發生；加速；促使
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Her remark
precipitated my decision.
她的話促使我作出決定。
- 猛拋下；猛然摔下
- 【化】使沉澱；使沉降
- 【氣】使（水汽）凝結成雨（或雪等）
- 使突然陷入，使陷於[（+into）]
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The company was
precipitated into ruin when the exchange rate dropped.
匯率下降時，公司一下子破了產。
vi.
- 【化】沉澱
- 【氣】（水汽）凝結成雨（或雪等）[（+as）]
precipitate2
KK: [prɪˈsɪpǝtɪt]
DJ: [priˈsipitit]
a.
- 突如其來的，突然的
- 猛然落下（或摔下）的；猛衝的；流得很快的
- 急躁的；魯莽的；倉卒的
n.[C]
- 【化】沉澱物
- 【氣】凝結物（如雨、雪等）
衍生
ad.
precipitately
n.
precipitateness
v.
/
prɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/
- cause (an undesirable event) to happen unexpectedly or prematurely.
- cause to move suddenly and with force.
▸
(precipitate someone/thing into)
send someone or something without warning into a particular state or condition.
- Chemistry cause (a substance) to be deposited in solid form from a solution.
▸cause (drops of moisture or particles of dust) to be deposited from the atmosphere or from a vapour or suspension.
adj.
/
prɪˈsɪpɪtət/
done, acting, or occurring suddenly or without careful consideration.
n.
/
prɪˈsɪpɪtət,
-teɪt/
Chemistry a substance precipitated from a solution.
Derivative
- precipitable adj.
- precipitately adv.
- precipitateness n.
- precipitator n.
Etymology
C16 (orig. ‘hurl down, send violently’, later ‘cause to move rapidly’): from L. praecipitat-, praecipitare ‘throw headlong’, from praeceps, praecip(it)- ‘headlong’, from prae ‘before’ + caput ‘head’.
