diffuse
- spread or cause to spread over a wide area or among a large number of people；become or cause (a fluid, gas, individual atom, etc.) to become intermingled with a substance by movement, typically in a specified direction or at specified speed
- spread out over a large area; not concentrated；(of disease) not localized in the body
verb: diffuse, 3rd person present: diffuses, gerund or present participle: diffusing, past tense: diffused, past participle: diffused
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- 釋義
動詞
- 1. spread or cause to spread over a wide area or among a large number of people technologies diffuse rapidly these museums seek to diffuse knowledge about the natural world and natural processes
- ▪ become or cause (a fluid, gas, individual atom, etc.) to become intermingled with a substance by movement, typically in a specified direction or at specified speed oxygen molecules diffuse across the membrane gas is diffused into the bladder
- ▪ cause (light) to glow faintly by dispersing it in many directions.
形容詞
- 1. spread out over a large area; not concentrated the diffuse community centered on the church the light is more diffuse 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of disease) not localized in the body diffuse hyperplasia
- ▪ lacking clarity or conciseness the second argument is more diffuse 同義詞 反義詞
- 更多解釋
- spread over a wide area or between a large number of people: technologies diffuse rapidly these museums seek to diffuse knowledge about the natural world and natural processes
- spread out over a large area; not concentrated: the diffuse community which centred on the church the light is more diffuse
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