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

• 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。
• 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。
• Deferred tax assets are not recognized unless the related benefits are expected to crystallize in the foreseeable future.
  除非预期在可预见之未来出现有关利益，否则递延税项之资产不列于账内。
• Reading your book helped crystallize my views.
  我阅读你的着作有助于澄清我的思想。
• This could easily become one of your most memorable and happiest moments of the year, for both Jupiter and Uranus will help to crystallize events to perfection.
  这很容易成为你最难忘，最幸福的时刻之一，今年，为木星和天王星将有助于明确完美的事件。
• 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。
• As magma cools, the first minerals to crystallize are olivine and pyroxene, which are rich in iron and magnesium.
  随著岩浆冷却，首先结晶出的矿物是橄榄石和辉石，富含铁和镁。
• Suitable for the gaseous or liquid media that will not crystallize 、 solidify or corrode the stainless steel.
  适用于测量不结晶、不凝固、对不锈钢不起腐蚀作用的液体、气体的压力。
• 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。
• 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。