effloresce
/ef-luh-res/US // ˌɛf ləˈrɛs //UK // (ˌɛflɔːˈrɛs) //
吐露心声,吐艳,吐出,吐出的液体
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ef·flo·resced, ef·flo·resc·ing.
- : to burst into bloom; blossom.
- : Chemistry. to change either throughout or on the surface to a mealy or powdery substance upon exposure to air, as a crystalline substance through loss of water of crystallization.to become incrusted or covered with crystals of salt or the like through evaporation or chemical change.
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Somewhere at the foot of his brain, an understanding was beginning to effloresce with the sea's water, under the sun.
The crystals may be purchased pure, but they effloresce in dry air with loss of water.
But the broad principles will effloresce into all manner of perfectnesses and all fruits.
A great deal of chemical action then commences, salts of various kinds effloresce on the surface, and the mass becomes hard.
The use of borax should be avoided, or it should be used sparingly, as it is apt to make the enamel effloresce and lose colour.
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