adulterate
verb🔊/əˈdʌltəreɪt/
🔊/əˈdʌltəreɪt/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they adulterate | 🔊/əˈdʌltəreɪt/ 🔊/əˈdʌltəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it adulterates | 🔊/əˈdʌltəreɪts/ 🔊/əˈdʌltəreɪts/ |
| past simple adulterated | 🔊/əˈdʌltəreɪtɪd/ 🔊/əˈdʌltəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle adulterated | 🔊/əˈdʌltəreɪtɪd/ 🔊/əˈdʌltəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form adulterating | 🔊/əˈdʌltəreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/əˈdʌltəreɪtɪŋ/ |
to make food or drink less pure by adding another substance to it （在饮食中）掺杂，掺假 - be adulterated (with something)
The water supply had been adulterated with chemicals from the soil. 供水已经掺入了土壤中的化学物质。
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin adulterat- ‘corrupted’, from the verb adulterare.- be adulterated (with something)