crystallize

英 [ˈkrɪstəlaɪz]

美 [ˈkrɪstəlaɪz]

v.  变明确; 使(想法、信仰等)明确; (使)形成晶体，结晶

过去分词：crystallized　过去式：crystallized　现在分词：crystallizing　第三人称单数：crystallizes　

TOEFLIELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.14909 / COCA.14941

牛津词典

verb

• 变明确；使（想法、信仰等）明确
  to become clear and fixed; to make thoughts, beliefs, etc. clear and fixed
  1. Our ideas began to crystallize into a definite plan.
     我们的想法开始形成了一个明确的计划。
  2. The final chapter crystallizes all the main issues.
     最后一章澄清了所有的主要问题。
• （使）形成晶体，结晶
  to form or make sth form into crystals
  1. The salt crystallizes as the water evaporates.
     盐在水分蒸发时结晶。

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 crystallise


• V-ERG (使)(意见或想法)明确;(使)具体化
  If youcrystallizean opinion or idea, or if itcrystallizes, it becomes fixed and definite in someone's mind.
  1. He has managed to crystallise the feelings of millions of ordinary Russians...
     他弄清了百万普通俄罗斯人的感受。
  2. Now my thoughts really began to crystallise.
     现在我的想法开始真正成形了。
• V-ERG (使)形成晶体;(使)结晶
  If a substancecrystallizes, or somethingcrystallizesit, it turns into crystals.
  1. Don't stir or the sugar will crystallise.
     不要搅，否则糖会结晶。
  2. ...a 19th century technique that actually crystallizes the tin.
     19世纪已然能使锡结晶的技术

英英释义

verb

• cause to take on a definite and clear shape
  1. He tried to crystallize his thoughts
  Synonym:crystallisecrystalisecrystalize
• assume crystalline form
  Synonym:crystalizecrystaliseeffloresce
• cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form
  1. crystallize minerals
  Synonym:crystallisecrystalizecrystalise
• make free from confusion or ambiguity
  1. Could you clarify these remarks?
  2. Clear up the question of who is at fault
  Synonym:clearclear upshed light oncrystallisecrystalizecrystalisestraighten outsort outenlightenilluminateelucidate

双语例句

• Last words crystallize your thoughts, galvanize your message, and mobilize your audience.
  最后的话升华了你的思想，激活了你传达的信息，并且调动起了观众。
• The liquid mixture will soon start to crystallize.
  液态混合物很快就将结成晶体。
• Sodium acetate, the chemical found in many hand warmers, will suddenly crystallize if you prepare a saturated solution and pour it onto a seed crystal.
  一种在加热装置用很容易找到的化学物质乙酸钠，如果将他倒入一个准备好的晶种，将会在饱和溶液中迅速的凝结。
• I thought these witnesses more than a century the mankind's intelligence crystallize.
  我认为这些见证了一个多世纪以来人类的智慧结晶。
• Now, if I have a solid, if the water is a solid, it's going to crystallize the water, the sugar is going to be separated from the water.
  现在，考虑固体，如果水是固体，或者说水要结晶，糖就会从水中分离出来。
• Usually honey is sticky fluid, part or all of which crystallize when storage time is long or the temperature is low.
  蜂蜜在通常情况下呈牯稠流体状，贮存时间较长或温度较低时可形成部分或全部结晶。
• A dream dear to you is about to crystallize, and whatever it is, your association with friends or groups seems to play a part.
  亲爱的你一个梦想即将结晶，不管它是，你的朋友或群体的联系似乎扮演一个角色。
• On the other hand, polymer blends containing two crystalline components are more complicated and interesting since both components are able to crystallize.
  另一方面，聚合物共混物含有两个结晶组成部分是更为复杂和有趣，因为这两个组件能够结晶。
• It is used for the pressure and negative pressure of gas or liquid that won't corrode steel and copper alloys, nor explode, nor crystallize, nor precipitate.
  用于测量对钢和铜合金不起腐蚀作用无爆炸性，不结晶、不沉淀的气体或液体的压力和负压。
• At the time this really helped crystallize our thoughts on how invisible and direct we would like any interface to be.
  同时它也对我们在多媒体界面的不可见性和直接性方面的研究很有帮助。