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antifreeze

/an-ti-freez, an-tee-/US // ˈæn tɪˌfriz, ˈæn ti- //UK // (ˈæntɪˌfriːz) //

防冻剂,防冻液,不冻液,不冻剂

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a liquid used in the radiator of an internal-combustion engine to lower the freezing point of the cooling medium.

Examples

  • The “Pfizer-is-filled-with-antifreeze” talking point has become a popular myth among anti-vaxxers.

  • Fish, insects, and even some plants have learned to adapt to cold climates over hundreds of thousands of years by making their own antifreeze agents to survive subfreezing temperatures.

  • While there’s still much we don’t understand, we are using advanced computer modeling to see how antifreeze proteins interact with water molecules.

  • By taking a page from nature, my colleagues and I hope to develop effective but more benign antifreeze compounds.

  • The cinnamon-flavored swill has been recalled in Europe over a chemical found in antifreeze.

  • They're like the kid who puts antifreeze in the gas tank and then says see, I told you that car wouldn't run.

  • Here I was thinking I was cheating death when I was more likely inhaling Chinese-made antifreeze.

  • Propylene glycol as a liquid, he told me, is “similar to antifreeze.”

  • Propylene glycol, on the other hand, is used to reduce the toxicity of antifreeze.