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dissipate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈdisəˌpāt/,
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dissipating, present participle; dissipated, past tense; dissipates, 3rd person singular present; dissipated, past participle;
  1. Disperse or scatter
    • - the cloud of smoke dissipated
  2. (of a feeling or other intangible thing) Disappear or be dispelled
    • - the concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated
  3. Cause (a feeling or other intangible thing) to disappear or disperse
    • - he wanted to dissipate his anger
  4. Squander or fritter away (money, energy, or resources)
    • - he had dissipated his entire fortune
  5. Cause (energy) to be lost, typically by converting it to heat

  1. disperse: to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
  2. disperse: move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
  3. fritter: spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
  4. live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
  5. (dissipated) debauched: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
  6. (dissipated) preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies"
  7. (dissipation) breaking up and scattering by dispersion; "the dissipation of the mist"
  8. (Dissipates) In physics, dissipation embodies the concept of a dynamical system where important mechanical modes, such as waves or oscillations, lose energy over time, typically due to the action of friction or turbulence. ...
  9. To drive away, disperse; To use up or waste; To vanish by dispersion
  10. (dissipated) to have squandered and scattered valuable possessions while devoted to pursuit of self-indulgent pleasures; Wasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure
  11. (Dissipated) To be reckless or to squander
  12. (dissipated) The whole force of the term dissipated [from the Latin for "spend or use up wastefully of foolishly"] lies in the Protestant idea that one can somehow glorify God by accumulating capital. ...
  13. (Dissipation) Unusable or lost energy, as the production of unused heat in a circuit.
  14. (Dissipation) Describes the use of a large number or variety of media types with little focus and with no one medium used heavily. Also termed 'Fragmentation'. Opposite of 'Domination'.
  15. (Dissipation) Energy that is lost by absorption in the filter circuit.
  16. (Dissipation) The conversion of macroscopic (turbulent) motion to heat. See also energy cascade.
  17. (Dissipation) The loss of pesticide residues from a particular environment due to degradation and movement to another environment
  18. (Dissipation) The release of heat from electrical components. i.e. - A cpu dissipates heat through a  heat sink and fan.
  19. (Dissipation) a software project consumes energy to keep going, mostly in the form of money :)
  20. (dissipation) [n] squandering energy often through drinking excessibely
  21. Here, to let loose more than often the vital sexual energies, which must be transmuted in order to make progress in spiritual life. ...
  22. Allow stored energy to run down or be used up after shutting off the primary energy source.
  23. 1. to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel. 2. to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly; squander; deplete: to dissipate one's talents; to dissipate a fortune on high living. –v.i. 3. ...
  24. to fade away gradually, as attributed to some apparitions.
  25. Scattered in various directions