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発音

• IPA: /pəˈluːt/, /pəˈljuːt/
• 韻: -uːt

動詞

pollute (third-person singular simple present pollutes, present participle polluting, simple past and past participle polluted)

1. (transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.

   Synonyms: contaminate, poison, taint

   The factory polluted the river when it cleaned its tanks.

2. (transitive) To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.

   Synonyms: blight, mar, ruin; see also Thesaurus:spoil

   The lights from the stadium polluted the night sky, and we couldn't see the stars.

3. To corrupt or profane

   Synonyms: debauch, lead astray; defile, sully; see also Thesaurus:pervert, Thesaurus:desecrate

   • 1952, Bible (Revised Standard Version, Revelation 21:8

     But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.

4. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.

   Synonyms: abuse, outrage, ravish; see also Thesaurus:rape

派生語

関連する語

• pollutant
• pollution

形容詞

pollute (comparative more pollute, superlative most pollute)

1. (rare) Polluted; defiled.

参照

• “pollute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.