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vaporize

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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va·por·ize (also vaporise British English) /ˈveɪpəraɪz/ verb [intransitive, transitive]  HPto change into a vapour, or to make something, especially a liquid, do this (使)蒸发,(使)汽化
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vaporizeThe fire was so hot that water from the fire hoses vaporized.But where the lava erupted, whole communities have been vaporized.Then, just as suddenly, that unity vaporized.What he really felt was that Liam Shakespeare had been vaporized.But even vaporized as the bond market is, it holds tremendous sway over our times.Some would never appear, vaporized, lost for ever, having ceased to exist.A collision would vaporize the oceans and raise atmospheric temperatures to 3000°F.Competition will produce jobs instead of vaporizing them, according to this view.
va·por·ize verbChineseSyllable
something, make into especially Corpus to to change vapour, a or


vaporize
vaporize (also vaporise British English) /ˈveɪpəraɪz/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
to change into a vapour, or to make something, especially a liquid, do this


va·por·ize (BrE also va·por·ise) BrE /ˈveɪpəraɪz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈveɪpəraɪz/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they vaporize BrE /ˈveɪpəraɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈveɪpəraɪz/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it vaporizes BrE /ˈveɪpəraɪzɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈveɪpəraɪzɪz/ 🔊past simple vaporized BrE /ˈveɪpəraɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈveɪpəraɪzd/ 🔊past participle vaporized BrE /ˈveɪpəraɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈveɪpəraɪzd/ 🔊 -ing form vaporizing BrE /ˈveɪpəraɪzɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈveɪpəraɪzɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) (specialist) to turn into gas; to make sth turn into gas (使)汽化,蒸发 va·por·iza·tion, va·por·isa·tion BrE /ˌveɪpəraɪˈzeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌveɪpərəˈzeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]