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refrigerant

/ri-frij-er-uhnt/US // rɪˈfrɪdʒ ər ənt //UK // (rɪˈfrɪdʒərənt) //

制冷剂,冷剂,冷冻剂,冷媒

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : refrigerating; cooling.
    • : reducing bodily heat or fever.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a refrigerant agent, as a drug.
    • : a liquid capable of vaporizing at a low temperature, as ammonia, used in mechanical refrigeration.
    • : a cooling substance, as ice or solid carbon dioxide, used in a refrigerator.

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Examples

  • The federal and international focus was on stopping production of a dangerous refrigerant.

  • The source of many harmful chlorine radicals in the atmosphere were refrigerants used in air conditioning and aerosol cans.

  • Yet regardless of the refrigerant used, cooling still requires energy.

  • Although the number of refrigerant molecules in the atmosphere is far fewer than those of other greenhouse gases, their destructive force, molecule for molecule, is far greater.

  • By then, CFCs were used not only as refrigerants but also as spray can propellants, manufacturing degreasers, and foam-blowing agents.

  • When both together, the Citrate of Potash would undergo oxidation, and thus exert an operation in the blood of a refrigerant kind.

  • Occasionally alcohol or vinegar may be added with advantage to the water, with the view of increasing its refrigerant effects.

  • If the inflammation is severe, let the patient use a refrigerant lotion.

  • It is a consideration, Sir Poet, which may serve as a refrigerant for their ardour.

  • Astringent and refrigerant; highly extolled in chronic dysentery, diarrha, English cholera, and relaxations generally.