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

• This was how my thoughts began to crystallize.
  我的想法就是这样开始成形的。
• Reading your book helped crystallize my views.
  我阅读你的着作有助于澄清我的思想。
• 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。
• A few years later, as the First World War came to a close Mies'style was beginning to crystallize.
  几年后，随着第一次世界大战结束了密斯风格开始结晶。
• Daughter is she with the lover's crystallize, represent Anna of now.
  女儿是她与情人的结晶，代表现在的安娜。
• The event helped to crystallize my thoughts.
  这件事使我的想法明确化了。
• XRD patterns showed that the N-phthaloyl-chitosan oligosaccharide can crystallize though there is a bulky substituent group hung from it.
  XRD也表明，尽管壳寡糖链上悬挂很大的取代基，但N-邻苯二甲酰化壳寡糖却具有结晶性。
• 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。
• The liquid mixture will soon start to crystallize.
  液态混合物很快就将结成晶体。
• The minister is at present trying to crystallize his idea into a practical plan.
  目前部长正试着把他的想法具体成一实际的计划。