absorbent

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /əbˈsɔː.bn̩t/|/əbˈzɔː.bn̩t/    美 /æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/|/æbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/|/əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/|/əbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Anything which absorbs.
    — In the Southern Ocean the winter is not so excessively cold, but the summer is far less hot, for the clouded sky seldom allows the sun to warm the ocean, itself a bad absorbent of heat: and hence the mean temperature of the year […] is low.
  2. The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants. archaic
  3. Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
  4. A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining. physical
形容词 adj.
  1. Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.
    — Those paper towels were amazingly absorbent. That was quite a spill.

词形变化

more absorbent comparative most absorbent superlative absorbents plural

词源

词源 1
From Latin absorbēns, present active participle of absorbeō (“absorb”).
词源 2
From Latin absorbēns, present active participle of absorbeō (“absorb”).
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