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precipitating 音标拼音: [prɪs'ɪpət ,etɪŋ] 导致沉淀的 导致沈淀的 precipitating adj 1: bringing on suddenly or abruptly; " the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce" Precipitate \ Pre* cip" i* tate\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Precipitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Precipitating}.] 1. To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height. [ 1913 Webster] She and her horse had been precipitated to the pebbled region of the river. -- W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To urge or press on with eager haste or violence; to cause to happen, or come to a crisis, suddenly or too soon; as, precipitate a journey, or a conflict. [ 1913 Webster] Back to his sight precipitates her steps. -- Glover. [ 1913 Webster] If they be daring, it may precipitate their designs, and prove dangerous. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Chem.) To separate from a solution, or other medium, in the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor when in solution with alcohol. [ 1913 Webster] The light vapor of the preceding evening had been precipitated by the cold. -- W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster]
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