contaminated

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con·tam·i·nat·ed /kənˈtæmɪneɪtɪd/ adjective  HCHBwater, food etc that is contaminated has had a harmful substance added to it 〔水、食物等〕被污染的 → taintedcontaminated food/blood/water supplies etc The infection was traced to contaminated food. 感染被查出是由受到污染的食物所致。► see thesaurus at dirty

Examples from the Corpus

contaminated• The soil around the plant is heavily contaminated.• Surely she accepts that the Government were right to provide compensation for haemophiliacs who became infected through contaminated blood factor 8.• But it later emerged that the first of three contaminated cargoes arrived on October 5.• contaminated drinking water• It arises when an immune animal is suddenly exposed to a massive larval challenge, usually from a heavily contaminated field.• The virus is spread through contact with contaminated food and water.• No one knows whether the area is contaminated or not.• When whales eat contaminated prey, organochlorines go first to the digestive system, and are then deposited in fatty tissues.• Bioremediation appears to be a very attractive, and in many cases a cost-effective way of cleaning up many contaminated sites.• He foresees truck-mounted accelerator X-ray units being driven to contaminated sites.• Contaminated water leaked from the nuclear reactor.• Several people became ill after eating hamburger meat contaminated with the E.coli bacteria.contaminated food/blood/water supplies etc• Voice over It's the same bug that contaminated water supplies in the Swindon and Oxford areas 4 years ago.

con·tam·i·nat·ed adjectiveChineseSyllable  

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contaminated
con‧tam‧i‧nat‧ed /kənˈtæməneɪtəd, kənˈtæmɪneɪtəd/ adjective
water, food etc that is contaminated has had a harmful substance added to it ⇨ tainted
    contaminated food/blood/water supplies etc
    The infection was traced to contaminated food.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ dirty not clean: His clothes were untidy and he had dirty hands.
   ▪ filthy very dirty: Each year filthy water causes millions of cases of illness.
   ▪ muddy covered with mud: It had been raining hard and the path was muddy.
   ▪ dusty covered with dust: the dusty shelves in the attic
   ▪ greasy covered with oil or grease: Greasy food is bad for your health.
   ▪ grubby (also mucky British English) informal fairly dirty and needing to be cleaned or washed: He was wearing a grubby white T-shirt. | mucky fingers
   ▪ grimy covered with thick dirt or dirt that has been there a long time: I couldn’t see much out of the grimy windows of the train.
   ▪ dingy /ˈdɪndʒi/ looking dark, dirty, and unpleasant. Used about rooms, houses, and buildings: We worked in a dingy little office behind the station.
   ▪ polluted used about land, water, or air that has been made dirty: 85% of city dwellers breathe heavily polluted air.
   ▪ contaminated made dirty by a dangerous substance or bacteria: The virus is mainly spread through contaminated food.
   ▪ squalid /ˈskwɒləd, ˈskwɒlɪd $ ˈskwɑː-/ formal extremely dirty and unpleasant. Used about the place or conditions in which someone lives: People are living in squalid conditions, with little water and no sanitation.
   ▪ unhygienic /ʌnhaɪˈdʒiːnɪk◂ $ -ˈdʒe-, -ˈdʒiː-/ formal used about dirty conditions that are likely to cause disease, especially conditions in kitchens, restaurants, and hospitals: The food was prepared under unhygienic conditions.
   ▪ unsanitary (also insanitary British English) formal used about dirty conditions that are likely to cause disease, especially because there is not a good system for getting rid of waste: People’s health is being threatened by overcrowded and insanitary homes. | They work for long hours in unsanitary conditions.
   ▪ soiled formal made dirty, especially by waste from your body: Soiled nappies should be changed as quickly as possible.