adulterate
verb [often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they adulterate | |
| he / she / it adulterates | |
| past simple adulterated | |
| past participle adulterated | |
| -ing form adulterating |
to make food or drink less pure by adding another substance to it （在饮食中）掺杂，掺假 - be adulterated (with something)
The water supply had been adulterated with chemicals from the soil. 水源中掺入了土壤中的化学物质。
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin adulterat- ‘corrupted’, from the verb adulterare.- be adulterated (with something)