vt.

1. 【化】使昇華
   A special method was used to sublimate the material.

   一個特殊的方法被用來純化這種物質。

2. 【心】使昇華
   Their affection to each other was sublimated into a lasting friendship.

   他倆之間的感情被昇華成一種永久的友誼。

3. 使高尚化；使理想化
   David, in his secret heart, had visions of a sort of sublimated summer resort.

   大衛在他心裡設想著一個類似理想的避暑地。

vi.

1. 昇華；純化；高尚化
   The comet's ices, heated by the sun, rapidly and spectacularly sublimate to gas.

   彗星上的冰塊在太陽熱的作用下迅速而壯觀地昇華成氣體。

a.

1. 純淨化的
   We need sublimate water for our experiment.

   我們的實驗需要純淨化的水。

2. 理想化的
   Her sublimate future husband will be tall, dark, and handsome.

   她理想化的未來丈夫將是身材高大，皮膚淺黑，相貌英俊。

n.

1. 【化】昇華物
   The mineral can be found in hot spring deposits and as a volcanic sublimate product.

   這種礦物可以在溫泉的沉澱物中找到，它也是火山的昇華產物。

v.

1. (in psychoanalytic theory) divert or modify (an instinctual impulse) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity.
2. transform into a purer or idealized form.
3. Chemistry  another term for sublime.

n.