synthetic

adjective
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  1. artificial; made by combining chemical substances rather than being produced naturally by plants or animals人造的;(人工)合成的 synonym man-made
    • synthetic drugs/fabrics合成药物/织物
    • shoes with synthetic soles合成鞋底的鞋
    • synthetic dyes合成染料
    • Even the hair is synthetic.甚至头发都是人造的。
    Synonyms artificialartificial
    • synthetic
    • false
    • man-made
    • fake
    • imitation
    These words all describe things that are not real, or not naturally produced or grown.
    • artificial made or produced to copy something natural; not real:
      • artificial flowers假花
      • artificial light人造光
    • synthetic made by combining chemical substances rather than being produced naturally by plants or animals:
      • synthetic drugs合成药物
      • shoes with synthetic soles合成鞋底的鞋
    • false not natural:
      • false teeth假牙
      • a false beard 假胡子
    • man-made made by people; not natural:
      • man-made fibres such as nylon尼龙之类的人造纤维
    • fake made to look like something else; not real:
      • a fake-fur jacket一件人造毛皮的短上衣
    • imitation [only before noun] made to look like something else; not real:
      • She would never wear imitation pearls.她绝不会戴假珍珠。
    Patterns
    • artificial/​synthetic/​man-made fabrics/​fibres/​materials/​products
    • artificial/​synthetic/​fake/​imitation fur/​leather
    • artificial/​synthetic/​false/​fake/​imitation diamonds/​pearls
    Topics Physics and chemistryc1
  2. (linguistics语言学) (of languages语言) using changes to the ends of words rather than separate words to show the functions of words in a sentence综合(型)的 compare agglutinative, analytic
  3. Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French synthétique or modern Latin syntheticus, from Greek sunthetikos, based on suntithenai ‘place together’.

synthetic

noun
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  1. an artificial substance or material合成物;合成纤维(织物);合成剂
    • cotton fabrics and synthetics棉织物与合成织物
    • material with the feel of a natural fibre and the durability of a synthetic具有天然纤维质感和合成纤维耐久性的材料
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French synthétique or modern Latin syntheticus, from Greek sunthetikos, based on suntithenai ‘place together’.