A filtrate is the liquid you have after you send a mixture through a filter. The solid bits stay behind on the paper or in the cloth; what ran through is the filtrate.

A filtratefiltrate is the liquid you have是你得到的那種液體，after you send a mixture through a filter在把混合物過濾之後。The solid bits stay behind on the paper or in the cloth固體顆粒留在濾紙或濾布上，what ran through is the filtrate流過去的那個就是filtrate。

It is a lab word. At home you would just name the liquid — the water, the juice — after you strained it.

It is a lab word它是個實驗室用的字。At home在家裡 you would just name the liquid你就只會直接叫那種液體的名字——the water, the juice水、果汁，after you strained it在你濾過之後。

Chemists write things like “the filtrate was clear.” There is also a verb, to filtrate, meaning to filter, but though actually almost nobody says it in ordinary English. People say filter for the action and keep filtrate for the liquid that came through.

Chemists write things like “the filtrate was clear.”化學家會寫『the filtrate was clear』這種句子；There is also a verb, to filtrate也有一個動詞to filtrate，meaning to filter意思是過濾，but though actually almost nobody says it in ordinary English不過其實在日常英語裡幾乎沒有人這樣說。People say filter for the action大家講動作時用filter，and keep filtrate for the liquid that came throughfiltrate則留給流過去的那種液體。

Do not mix it up with the stuff left on the paper; that leftover has other names. The filtrate is what passed.

Do not mix it up with the stuff left on the paper別把它跟留在濾紙上的東西搞混，that leftover has other names那個剩下的東西有別的名字。The filtrate is what passedFiltrate指的就是通過的那個。