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contaminated
(v.)(vbl.)汙染
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Con·tam·i·nate
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Contaminated
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Contaminating
]
To
soil
,
stain
,
or
corrupt
by
contact
;
to
tarnish
;
to
sully
;
to
taint
;
to
pollute
;
to
defile
.
Shall
we
now
Contaminate
our
figures
with
base
bribes
? --
Shak
.
I
would
neither
have
simplicity
imposed
upon
,
nor
virtue
contaminated
.
--
Goldsmith
.
Syn:
--
To
pollute
;
defile
;
sully
;
taint
;
tarnish
;
soil
;
stain
;
corrupt
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
contaminated
adj
1:
corrupted
by
contact
or
association
; "
contaminated
evidence
"
[
ant
:
uncontaminated
]
2:
contaminated
with
infecting
organisms
; "
dirty
wounds
";
"
obliged
to
go
into
infected
rooms
"-
Jane
Austen
[
syn
:
dirty
,
infected
,
pestiferous
]
3:
rendered
unwholesome
by
contaminants
and
pollution
; "
had
to
boil
the
contaminated
water
"; "
polluted
lakes
and
streams
"
[
syn
:
polluted
]
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