isolate
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
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Something that has been isolated.
— We used electropherotypes in order to differentiate the original parental strains or isolates from the finally tumor cell-adapted isolates.
动词 v.
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To set apart or cut off from others.
— By isolating these two main types of relation, hyponymy and incompatibility, we can characterize the relations between a large web of items.
- To place in quarantine or isolation.
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To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
— To isolate the petroline the condensed oil is distilled again until fifty per cent. of oil has been obtained, and what is left in the still is petroline.
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To insulate, or make free of external influence.
— One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
- To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
- To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
- To self-isolate.
形容词 adj.
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isolated.
— He said in his heart, the day his beard was shaven he was beaten, lost. He identified it with his isolate manhood.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin īnsulatus (whence also insulate), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).
词源 2
Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin īnsulatus (whence also insulate), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).
词源 3
Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin īnsulatus (whence also insulate), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).
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