evaporate UK [ɪ'væp.ər.eɪt] US [-ɚ-] verb BECOME GAS 变成气体 intransitive or transitive ■to cause a liquid to change to a gas, especially by heating (尤指透过加热)(使)挥发,蒸发•The high concentration of sugars forms a syrup when the sap evaporates.当树汁中的水分蒸发时,糖分就浓缩成糖浆。 •Plants keep cool during the summer by evaporating water from their leaves.夏天植物透过叶子蒸发水分保持清凉。 UK [ɪ'væp.ər.eɪt] US [-ɚ-] verb DISAPPEAR 消失 intransitive ■to disappear 消失;消散•Halfway through the film reality evaporates and we enter a world of pure fantasy.电影看到一半,我们就离开现实世界,完全进入了幻境中。 |