evaporate
verb- [intransitive, transitive]
if a liquid evaporates or if something evaporates it, it changes into a gas, especially steam (使)蒸發,揮發 Heat until all the water has evaporated. 加熱直至水全部蒸發。 - evaporate something
The sun is constantly evaporating the earth's moisture. 太陽使地球上的濕氣不斷蒸發。
- [intransitive]
to disappear, especially by gradually becoming less and less (逐漸)消失,消散,衰減
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin evaporat- ‘changed into vapour’, from the verb evaporare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + vapor ‘steam, vapour’.