| 单词 |
oxygenate |
| 释义 |
▪ I. † oˈxygenate, a. Obs.
In 8 oxi-.
[f. F. oxygéné pa. pple.: see -ate2 2.]
= oxygenated.
1797Monthly Mag. III. 351 Moistened with muriatic oxigenate acid.
▪ II. oxygenate, v.|ˈɒksɪdʒəneɪt, ɒkˈsɪdʒɪneɪt|
Also 8 oxi-.
[f. F. oxygén-er (G. de Morveau and Lavoisier, 1787), f. oxygène: see -ate3.]
trans. To supply, treat, or mix with oxygen; to cause oxygen to combine with (a substance); to oxidate, oxidize; esp. to charge (the blood) with oxygen by respiration.
1790Kerr tr. Berthollet's Bleaching iii. 36 By decomposing common salt in the same process which is performed for oxygenating its acid. 1793Beddoes Sea Scurvy 53 Whether we oxygenate the blood by the lungs or the stomach. 1794G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. I. xi. 462 To oxygenate a substance, or make it combine with vital air. 1875W. Houghton Sk. Brit. Insects 58 To draw fresh currents of water to oxygenate the blood.
Hence oxygenating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1794J. Hutton Philos. Light, etc. 149 To explain all appearances in those burning and oxigenating bodies. Ibid. 385 Vegetables secrete and emit that very oxigenating substance, when growing in the sun. 1890Pall Mall G. 4 Aug. 1/3 A much needed oxygenating of the life-blood of the nation. |
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