distil /dɪˈstɪl/ CET6 TEM4 ( distilling, distilled, distils )

AM distill

• 1. 

  V-T If a liquid such as whisky or water is distilled, it is heated until it changes into steam or vapour and then cooled until it becomes liquid again. This is usually done in order to make it pure. 蒸馏

  例：

  The whisky had been distilled in 1926 and sat quietly maturing until 1987.

  这瓶威士忌是1926年被蒸馏的，存放至1987年酿造成熟。

• 2. 

  distillation N-UNCOUNT 蒸馏

  例：

  Any faults in the original cider stood out sharply after distillation.

  苹果酒原浆中的任何瑕疵蒸馏后就会突现出来。

• 3. 

  V-T If an oil or liquid is distilled from a plant, it is produced by a process which extracts the most essential part of the plant. To distil a plant means to produce an oil or liquid from it by this process. 提炼

  例：

  The oil is distilled from the berries of this small tree.

  这种油是从这种小树的浆果中提炼的。

• 4. 

  distillation N-UNCOUNT 提炼

  例：

  The distillation of rose petals to produce rosewater almost certainly originated in Ancient Persia.

  用玫瑰花瓣提炼制造玫瑰水几乎可以肯定是起源于古波斯。

• 5. 

  V-T If a thought or idea is distilled from previous thoughts, ideas, or experiences, it comes from them. If it is distilled into something, it becomes part of that thing. 萃取…的精华; 将精华融入…

  例：

  Reviews are distilled from articles previously published in the main column.

  评论文章荟萃了发表于各大专栏文章的精华。

  例：

  Eventually passion was distilled into the natural beauty of a balmy night.

  激情最终融入了芬芳夜晚的自然美之中。

• 6. 

  distillation N-SING 精萃

  例：

  The material below is a distillation of his work.

  下面的材料是他著作的精萃。