evaporate
verb🔊/ɪˈvæpəreɪt/
🔊/ɪˈvæpəreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they evaporate | 🔊/ɪˈvæpəreɪt/ 🔊/ɪˈvæpəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it evaporates | 🔊/ɪˈvæpəreɪts/ 🔊/ɪˈvæpəreɪts/ |
| past simple evaporated | 🔊/ɪˈvæpəreɪtɪd/ 🔊/ɪˈvæpəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle evaporated | 🔊/ɪˈvæpəreɪtɪd/ 🔊/ɪˈvæpəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form evaporating | 🔊/ɪˈvæpəreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ɪˈvæpəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive]
if a liquid evaporates or if something evaporates it, it changes into a gas, especially steam （使）蒸发，挥发 Heat until all the water has evaporated. 加热直至水全部蒸发。 🔊🔊 - evaporate something
The sun is constantly evaporating the earth's moisture. 太阳使地球上的湿气不断蒸发。 🔊🔊
- [intransitive]
to disappear, especially by gradually becoming less and less （逐渐）消失，消散，衰减
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin evaporat- ‘changed into vapour’, from the verb evaporare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + vapor ‘steam, vapour’.