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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This was how my thoughts began to crystallize.
  我的想法就是这样开始成形的。
• 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。
• He tried to crystallize his thoughts.
  他试图使他的思想明确。
• 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。
• The pure compound tends to crystallize systematically into cubic form.
  纯化合物倾向于系统地结晶成立方形状。