dilute
US: /daɪˈɫut/, /dɪˈɫut/
UK: /daɪlˈuːt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
dilute /dai'lju:t/- tính từ
- loãng
- dilute acid: axit loãng
- nhạt đi, phai (màu)
- (nghĩa bóng) giảm bớt; mất chất
- loãng
- ngoại động từ
- pha loãng, pha thêm nước
- làm nhạt đi, làm phai màu
- (nghĩa bóng) làm giảm bớt; làm mất chất
- to dilute zoal: làm giảm nhiệt tình
- to dilute labour
- thay thế công nhân lành nghề bằng công nhân không lành nghề
Advanced English dictionary
verb, adjective+ verb [VN]
1 ~ sth (with sth) to make a liquid weaker by adding water or another liquid to it
Synonym: WATER DOWN
The paint can be diluted with water to make a lighter shade.
2 to make sth weaker or less effective
Synonym: WATER DOWN
Large classes dilute the quality of education that children receive.
dilution noun [U]: the dilution of sewage + This is a serious dilution of their election promises.
+ adjective (also diluted) (of a liquid) made weaker by adding water or another substance: a dilute acid / solution
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
water (down), thin (down or out), cut, weaken, doctor, adulterate; mitigate, lessen, diminish, decrease:
For the table, wine was often diluted with water. He dilutes his argument by citing irrelevancies.
Collocation
1 liquid
ADV.
highly
The fragrances are highly diluted.
| slightly
Dilute the juice slightly with water.
PREP.
in
The perfumes are diluted in vegetable oils.
| with
2 effect/quality
ADV.
considerably, substantially
The effect of this policy has now been considerably diluted.
Concise dictionary
dilutes|diluted|dilutingdaɪ'ljuːtverb
+lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
+corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
adj.
+reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity
