distil
verb(North American English distill)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they distil | |
| (North American English also) present simple I / you / we / they distill | |
| he / she / it distils | |
| (North American English also) he / she / it distills | |
| past simple distilled | |
| past participle distilled | |
| -ing form distilling |
- distil something (from something)
to make a liquid pure by heating it until it becomes a gas, then cooling it and collecting the drops of liquid that form 蒸馏；用蒸馏法提取 to distil fresh water from seawater 用蒸馏法从海水中提取淡水 distilled water 蒸馏水
- distil something
to make something such as a strong alcoholic drink in this way 用蒸馏法制造（酒等） - distil something (from/into something) (formal)
to get the essential meaning or ideas from thoughts, information, experiences, etc. 吸取…的精华；提炼；浓缩
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin distillare, variant of destillare, from de- ‘down, away’ + stillare (from stilla ‘a drop’).