precipitation

英 [prɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃn]

美 [prɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃn]

n.  降水，降水量(包括雨、雪、冰等); 沉淀; 淀析

复数：precipitations　

TOEFLGREIELTS化学

BNC.17263 / COCA.11784

牛津词典

noun

• 降水，降水量（包括雨、雪、冰等）
  rain, snow, etc. that falls; the amount of this that falls
  1. an increase in annual precipitation
     年降水量的增加
• 沉淀；淀析
  a chemical process in which solid material is separated from a liquid

柯林斯词典

• 降水
  Precipitationis rain, snow, or hail.
• 沉淀；沉析
  Precipitationis a process in a chemical reaction which causes solid particles to become separated from a liquid.

英英释义

noun

• overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
  1. he soon regretted his haste
  Synonym:hastehastinesshurryhurriedness
• an unexpected acceleration or hastening
  1. he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise
• the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
• the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
  Synonym:downfall
• the process of forming a chemical precipitate
• the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time
  1. the storm brought several inches of precipitation

双语例句

• Feasibility, the technological process and effect of inclined plate precipitation deoiling devices in waste water treating are presented.
  介绍了斜板沉淀除油器在处理排放废水中的可行性及其工艺流程和处理效果。
• They also modified the precipitation at the transplant sites based on altered rainfall estimates.
  根据预期的降雨量变化，他们还改变了移植地的降水量。
• It plays an increasingly important part in meteorology for cloud, precipitation, hail and thunderstorm detection as well as the navigation of aircraft and ships.
  它在对云层、降水、冰雹和雷暴的气象探测以及在船舰和飞机的导航中，起着日益重要的作用。
• Major treatment methods for arsenic include sulfide precipitation, or complexation with polyvalent heavy metals.
  砷的主要处理方法有硫化物沉淀法，或与多价重金属络合。
• This might mean more precipitation in the winter which might change the glacier, possibly making it advance.
  这可能意味着冬天更多的降水，这可能改变冰川，或许让它前进。
• The tempering operation may be described as one of precipitation and agglomeration or coalescence of cementite.
  回火作业可以描述为渗碳体析出和凝聚或聚结的过程。
• The precipitation and filtration properties of prussian blue waste water are discussed.
  讨论了华蓝废水的滤过性能和沉降性能。
• Relation between temperature and precipitation with beginning dates of growing season is more significant than with end dates.
  生长季开始日期与温度和降水的关系比结束日期要显著。
• Kuitun environmental monitoring station monitored acid rain in2002 for mastering atmospheric precipitation status and major contamination of Kuitun city.
  为了解奎屯市大气降水状况及主要污染物，奎屯市监测站于2002年对大气降水进行了为期一年的酸雨监测。
• Increased precipitation intensity and variability is projected to increase the risks of flooding and drought in many areas.
  许多地方降水强度和变率的增加将使洪旱危险性上升；