distillation
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/ˌdɪstɪˈleɪʃn/
🇬🇧
/ˌdɪstɪˈleɪʃn/
noun
R
The process of heating a liquid to create vapor, which is then cooled and collected as a liquid. It's often used to make alcoholic drinks stronger.
The distillation of the alcohol took several hours to complete.
酒精的蒸餾過程需要幾個小時才能完成。
R
The process of taking the most important information or ideas from something, like a book or a speech, and presenting it in a shorter form.
The article is a distillation of the main points from the lecture.
這篇文章是從演講中提煉出的主要内容。
translation
蒸餾, 提煉
詞形變化
Plural
distillations