(使)蒸发;(液体)逐渐变成气体并散失到空气中。也可引申为“逐渐消失、减少”(较常见于比喻用法)。
/ɪˈvæpəˌreɪtɪŋ/
The water is evaporating in the sun.
水在阳光下正在蒸发。
As the afternoon warmed up, the puddles were evaporating so quickly that the street looked dry again within minutes.
随着下午气温升高,水坑蒸发得很快,街道几分钟内又看起来干了。
来自拉丁语 evaporare,由 e-(“向外”)+ vapor(“蒸汽、水汽”)构成,字面意思是“向外变成蒸汽”。英语中先有名词 vapor,后发展出动词 evaporate(蒸发),evaporating 是其现在分词/形容词用法。