a substance, especially a liquid, that can dissolve (= remove or destroy by a chemical process) another substance 溶剂;溶媒 industrial solvents for removing oil 用于除油的工业溶剂 solvent cleaners 溶剂清洁剂
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- volatile
- chlorinated
- chemical
- …
- sniff
- use as
- dissolve in
- …
- evaporate
- abuse
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin solvent- ‘loosening, unfastening, paying’, from the verb solvere.