leach
verb /liːtʃ/
/liːtʃ/
(specialist)动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they leach | /liːtʃ/ /liːtʃ/ |
he / she / it leaches | /ˈliːtʃɪz/ /ˈliːtʃɪz/ |
past simple leached | /liːtʃt/ /liːtʃt/ |
past participle leached | /liːtʃt/ /liːtʃt/ |
-ing form leaching | /ˈliːtʃɪŋ/ /ˈliːtʃɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] leach (from something) (into something) | leach out/away (of chemicals, minerals, etc.
) to be removed from soil, etc. by water passing through it化学物质、矿物质等 淋洗;淋失 - Nitrates leach from the soil into rivers.
硝酸盐由土壤淋洗入江河。
- Nitrates leach from the soil into rivers.
- [transitive] leach something (from something) (into something) | leach something out/away (of a liquid
) to remove chemicals, minerals, etc. from soil液体 过滤;滤去 - The nutrient is quickly leached away.
养分很快就被滤掉了。
- The nutrient is quickly leached away.
词源Old English leccan ‘to water’, of West Germanic origin. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.