descale
verb /ˌdiːˈskeɪl/
  /ˌdiːˈskeɪl/
(British English)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they descale |  /ˌdiːˈskeɪl/  /ˌdiːˈskeɪl/ | 
| he / she / it descales |  /ˌdiːˈskeɪlz/  /ˌdiːˈskeɪlz/ | 
| past simple descaled |  /ˌdiːˈskeɪld/  /ˌdiːˈskeɪld/ | 
| past participle descaled |  /ˌdiːˈskeɪld/  /ˌdiːˈskeɪld/ | 
| -ing form descaling |  /ˌdiːˈskeɪlɪŋ/  /ˌdiːˈskeɪlɪŋ/ | 
- descale something to remove the scale (= the hard white material left on pipes, etc. by water when it is heated) from something除去(热水管道等的)水垢