• vt. 污染，弄臟

con-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-tam, 接觸，來自-tag變體，詞源同tactile, tangible。即被接觸過的，被污染的。

contaminate

contaminate: [15] Contaminate appears to come from the same ultimate source as contact, a base *tag- ‘touch’, which produced the Latin verb tangere ‘touch’ (whence English tactile, tangent, and tangible). It seems also to have formed the basis of a compound Latin noun *contagmen ‘contact, pollution’, which became altered to contāmen. From this was derived the verb contamināre, whose past participle gave English contaminate.
=> contact, tactile, tangible

contaminate (v.)

early 15c., from Old French contaminer, from Latin contaminatus, past participle of contaminare "to defile," from contamen "contact, pollution," from com- "together" (see com-) + *tag-, base of tangere "to touch" (see tangent (adj.)). Related: Contaminant (1934); contaminable.

1. One secret military unit tried to contaminate the drinking water of the refugees.

一個(gè)秘密軍事分隊(duì)企圖污染難民的飲用水。

來自柯林斯例句

2. All over the world, oil spills regularly contaminate coasts.

在世界各地，油溢出物經(jīng)常污染著海岸。

來自辭典例句

3. The sources of organisms that may contaminate the wound are numerous.

可以沾染傷口的細(xì)菌來源是很多的.

來自辭典例句

4. White cells contaminate the red cell and platelet components.

白細(xì)胞會(huì)“污染”紅細(xì)胞和血小板制品.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

5. Dispose of that nulear waste properly or it will contaminate the groundwater.

必須妥善處理那些核廢料,不然就會(huì)造成地下水污染.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)