"water condenses"
"The acid distills at a specific temperature"
"distill the essence of this compound"
"The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound"
1.蒸馏;用蒸馏法提取
If a liquid such as whisky or wateris distilled, it is heated until it changes into steam or vapour and then cooled until it becomes liquid again. This is usually done in order to make it pure.
e.g. The whisky had been distilled in 1926 and sat quietly maturing until 1987...
这种威士忌是在1926年通过蒸馏提取的，尔后静置到 1987年才酿熟。
e.g. You can't actually drink the water from the marshland. But you candistil it...
沼泽地的水不能饮用，但是可以将它蒸馏净化。
2.提取(植物的)精华;提炼
If an oil or liquidis distilled from a plant, it is produced by a process which extracts the most essential part of the plant. Todistil a plant means to produce an oil or liquid from it by this process.
e.g. The oil is distilled from the berries of this small tree.
油是从这种小树的浆果中提炼出来的。
e.g. ...the art of distilling rose petals...
提取玫瑰花瓣精油的技巧
3.精炼，浓缩（想法等）;吸收…为一部分
If a thought or ideais distilled from previous thoughts, ideas, or experiences, it comes from them. If itis distilled into something, it becomes part of that thing.
e.g. Reviews are distilled from articles previously published in the main column...
述评是从先前刊登在主要专栏的文章中提炼出来的。
e.g. Eventually passion was distilled into the natural beauty of a balmy night...
最后激情融入了美丽宜人的夜色中。
1. distil的反义词
1. 蒸馏：威士忌酿酒厂的英文单词用的是distiller而不是Brewry,原因是生产过程靠蒸馏(distil)而成. 另外一个有趣的小知识:苏格兰的威士忌不同于美国造,前者用高地特产的大麦为原料,而后者使用的是小麦或玉米. 1745年,
2. 分馏：汽油 gasoline, petrol | 分馏distil | 蒸发性 evaporating property
3. 蒸馏;滴下;提取...的精华：distension 膨胀 |distil 蒸馏;滴下;提取...的精华 |distilland 被蒸馏物
4. 摘出：distichous 二列的 |distil 摘出 |distil 抽取
蒸馏过程
to distil fresh water from sea water用蒸馏法从海水中提取淡水
distilled water蒸馏水
The factory distils and bottles whisky.这家工厂用蒸馏法酿造瓶装威士忌酒。
The notes I made on my travels were distilled into a book.我的旅行笔记精选汇编成了一本书。
The whisky had been distilled in 1926 and sat quietly maturing until 1987...这种威士忌是在1926年通过蒸馏提取的，尔后静置到 1987年才酿熟。
You can actually drink the water from the marshland. But you can distil it...沼泽地的水不能饮用，但是可以将它蒸馏净化。
The oil is distilled from the berries of this small tree.油是从这种小树的浆果中提炼出来的。
...the art of distilling rose petals...提取玫瑰花瓣精油的技巧
Reviews are distilled from articles previously published in the main column...述评是从先前刊登在主要专栏的文章中提炼出来的。
Eventually passion was distilled into the natural beauty of a balmy night...最后激情融入了美丽宜人的夜色中。
Learn how to distil large quantities of information into their bare essentials.学习如何将大量的信息归纳为简要信息.
This began to distil a sense of fear in Marissa.这一点开始在玛莉莎心中产生一种恐惧感.
The writer managed to distil his ideas into one succinct article.作家努力把他的想法浓缩成一篇简练的文章.
The effects of the different concentrations of aqueous extracts were compared to distil water ( control . ).结果表明:不同浓度的含羞草叶子提取物明显影响所选的植物种子根,茎和 侧根 的延长和生长.
Most important of all, they to distil Darwin to his essence.更为重要的是, 这些诗还原了达尔文的真我.
Liquor distil is one of the substantial evidences in origin investigation.白酒蒸馏器是研究我国起源的重要实物证据之一.
Chinese liquor distil derives from the main body of Chinese rice steamer.它都由中国饭甑为主体而演变成中国酒甑.
You can distil fresh water from the sea.你可以用蒸馏法从海水中提取淡水.
Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.28云彩将雨落下,沛然降与世人.
Which the clouds do drop and distil abundantly.云彩将雨落下,沛然降与世人.
to distil fresh water from sea water用蒸馏法从海水中提取淡水
You can actually drink the water from the marshland. But you can distil it.沼泽地的水不能饮用，但是可以将它蒸馏净化。
Soft showers distill'd, and suns grew warm in vain.
出自：Pope
