- 1液化、使…變成液體。廚房用的桶裝瓦斯 LPG 就是「液化石油氣」。日常講固體變液體還是說「融化 melt」比較自然。
To liquefy is to turn into a liquid, or to make something turn into one. It works both ways with no change of form: 'the gas liquefies under pressure' (it becomes liquid by itself) and 'they liquefy the gas' (they make it become liquid). The spelling changes as usual: liquefies, liquefied, liquefying.
To liquefy liquefy是 is to turn into a liquid變成液體, or to make something turn into one或讓某個東西變成液體。It它 works both ways兩種方向都可以用 with no change of form形式不用變: 'the gas liquefies under pressure'「氣體在壓力下liquefies」 (it becomes liquid by itself自己變成液體) and而 'they liquefy the gas'「他們liquefy氣體」 (they make it become liquid他們讓它變成液體)。The spelling拼法 changes as usual照一般規則變化: liquefies, liquefied, liquefying liquefies、liquefied、liquefying。
It is a formal, technical-feeling word — science, engineering, and . In everyday English people say 'melt' or 'go runny' instead.
It它 is a formal, technical-feeling word是個正式、有點技術味的字 — science, engineering, and cookbooks科學、工程和食譜裡會用。In everyday English在日常英文裡 people人們 say 'melt' or 'go runny' instead會改說melt或go runny。
In a recipe, 'liquefy the mixture' means blend it until it is completely smooth with no lumps, and old blender machines even had a button marked LIQUEFY for the highest speed. The most common form you will see is the past participle used as an adjective: liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas — LNG and LPG, the gas in the tank under a kitchen counter.
In a recipe在食譜裡, 'liquefy the mixture'「liquefy the mixture」 means blend it until it is completely smooth with no lumps意思是打到完全滑順沒有顆粒, and而以前的果汁機 old blender machines even had a button marked LIQUEFY for the highest speed甚至有一個標著LIQUEFY的按鈕代表最高速。The most common form最常見的形式 you will see你會看到的 is the past participle used as an adjective是當形容詞用的過去分詞: liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas液化天然氣、液化石油氣 — LNG and LPG就是LNG和LPG, the gas in the tank under a Taiwanese kitchen counter就是台灣廚房流理台下面桶子裡的瓦斯。
Do not confuse it with 'melt'. Melting is going from solid to liquid using heat. Liquefying is the wider word: a gas that is cooled and squeezed into liquid has liquefied, but nobody would say it melted.
Do not confuse it with 'melt'不要把它跟melt搞混。Melting melt是指 is going from solid to liquid using heat用熱從固體變成液體。Liquefying liquefy是比較廣的字 is the wider word: a gas that is cooled and squeezed into liquid一種被冷卻加壓變成液體的氣體 has liquefied可以說has liquefied, but但沒有人會說 nobody would say it melted它melted。
core核心畫面
組成來自拉丁文 liquefacere：liquēre（流動、呈液狀）+ facere（使成為）。字面就是「使它變成流動的」。
同家族的字
- liquidsame Latin liquēre — the thing itself, flowing and not solid
- liquefactionthe noun of this very verb — the act of becoming liquid
- manufacturesame Latin facere (to make)
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
liquefyverb/ˈlɪ.kwɪ.faɪ/
- 1
To make (something) into a liquid.
- We’ll liquefy this rock by heating it in a furnace until it melts and flows out.
- Faraday succeeded in liquefying a certain number of gases by compression and refrigeration, but there still remained a number that proved absolutely refractory to the most powerful agencies; hence these gases were called permanent. […] A retired manufacturer, who at the same time is a distinguished man of science, M. Cailletet, has subdued the permanent gases, having succeeded in liquefying and solidifying them.
- 2
To distort and warp (an image).
- 3
To become liquid.
- The substance liquefied upon heating.
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