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contaminate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/kənˈtaməˌnāt/,
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contaminated, past participle; contaminates, 3rd person singular present; contaminating, present participle; contaminated, past tense;
  1. Make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance
    • - the site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity
    • - the entertainment industry is able to contaminate the mind of the public
    • - contaminated blood products
  1. pollute: make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
  2. make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"
  3. (contaminated) corrupted by contact or association; "contaminated evidence"
  4. (contaminated) rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams"
  5. (contaminating) corrupting: that infects or taints
  6. (contamination) the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors
  7. Contamination is the presence of a minor and unwanted constituent (contaminant) in material, physical body, natural environment, at a workplace, etc.
  8. (Contamination (album)) Contamination is a 1996 album by Belgian electro-industrial act Suicide Commando.
  9. (Contamination (Private Practice)) "Contamination is the eleventh episode from the second season of Grey's Anatomy spin-off show, Private Practice. The episode aired on January 8, 2009 in the United States on ABC.
  10. To introduce impurities or foreign matter; to soil or defile
  11. (contaminated) adulterated; impure
  12. (contamination) The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates; A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds; The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the ...
  13. (Contaminated) An impure condition indicating the presence of undesirable matter in swimming pool water.
  14. (Contaminated) means the presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an item or surface.
  15. (Contaminated) Containing bacteria, other microorganisms, or foreign material. The term usually refers to bacterial contamination and in this context is synonymous with colonized. ...
  16. (Contaminated) Conjoined with disturbing attitudes.
  17. (Contaminated) Open, fresh, accidental wounds. In addition, operations with major breaks in sterile technique (e.g., open cardiac massage) or gross spillage from the gastrointestinal tract, and incisions in which acute, nonpurulent inflammation is encountered are included in this category.
  18. (Contaminated) Refers to air, water, soil, or food that has been polluted by dangerous chemicals or infectious microbes (viruses, bacteria, or parasites) so that it becomes unusable or harmful. These contaminants may be physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substances.
  19. (Contaminated) Stained tile as a result of carton and tile being saturated by moisture, oils, solvents or other materials.
  20. Any contaminated object that can penetrate the skin including, but not limited to, needles, scalpels, broken glass, broken capillary tubes, and exposed ends of dental wires.
  21. (Contamination) To make impure, infected, corrupt, etc,. by contact with or addition of something.
  22. (contamination) An impairment of the quality of the potable water.
  23. (Contamination) [In a controlled trial:] The inadvertent application of the intervention being evaluated to people in the control group; or inadvertent failure to apply the intervention to people assigned to the intervention group. ...
  24. (Contamination) traces of chemicals that are present where they don't belong.
  25. (contamination) When there is communication of information about the experiment between groups of participants. (381)