- [countable] extract (from something)
a short passage from a book, piece of music, etc. that gives you an idea of what the whole thing is like 摘录;选录;选曲;节录 Extra ExamplesHe read out a brief extract from his book. 他读了书上的一小段。 The extract is taken from a long essay. 这一段落节选自一篇长散文。 The disc also includes an extract from one of his earlier operas. 这张光盘还包括他早期歌剧的摘录。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- short
- long
- …
- read
- publish
- be from
- be taken from
- extract from
- [uncountable, countable]
a substance that has been obtained from something else using a particular process 提取物;浓缩物;精;汁 yeast extract 酵母萃 face cream containing natural plant extracts 含有天然植物提取物的面霜 - (North American English)
vanilla extract 香草精 extract of apricot 杏汁
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- natural
- herbal
- green tea
- …
- extract of
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin extract- ‘drawn out’, from the verb extrahere, from ex- ‘out’ + trahere ‘draw’.