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pollute 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/pəˈlo͞ot/,
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polluted, past participle; pollutes, 3rd person singular present; polluting, present participle; polluted, past tense;
  1. Contaminate (water, air, or a place) with harmful or poisonous substances
    • - the explosion polluted the town with dioxin
    • - exposure to polluted air
  2. Defile; corrupt
    • - a society polluted by racism
  1. make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
  2. (polluted) contaminated: rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams"
  3. Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat, or light. ...
  4. To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product; To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor; To corrupt or profane; Polluted
  5. (polluted) Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched
  6. (polluting) Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution
  7. To make the air, soil, or water unclean or unsafe to use.
  8. To make dirty or impure through the introduction of a harmful or hazardous element.
  9. To make an environment unsuitable for organisms because of substances introduced into air, water, or soil.