reducing 音标拼音: [rəd'usɪŋ] [rɪd'usɪŋ] [rid'usɪŋ]
n . 减轻体重法
减轻体重法
reducing 缩减 归约 还原
reducing n 1 :
any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (
as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen );
always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent [
synonym :
{
reduction }, {
reducing }]
2 :
loss of excess weight (
as by dieting );
becoming slimmer ; "
a doctor supervised her reducing "
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[
L .
reducere ,
reductum ;
pref .
red -.
re -,
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ducere to lead .
See {
Duke },
and cf . {
Redoubt },
n .]
1 .
To bring or lead back to any former place or condition .
[
Obs .]
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And to his brother '
s house reduced his wife .
--
Chapman .
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The sheep must of necessity be scattered ,
unless the great Shephered of souls oppose ,
or some of his delegates reduce and direct us . --
Evelyn .
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2 .
To bring to any inferior state ,
with respect to rank ,
size ,
quantity ,
quality ,
value ,
etc .;
to diminish ;
to lower ;
to degrade ;
to impair ;
as ,
to reduce a sergeant to the ranks ;
to reduce a drawing ;
to reduce expenses ;
to reduce the intensity of heat . "
An ancient but reduced family ." --
Sir W .
Scott .
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Nothing so excellent but a man may fasten upon something belonging to it ,
to reduce it .
--
Tillotson .
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Having reduced Their foe to misery beneath their fears . --
Milton .
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Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced . --
Hawthorne .
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3 .
To bring to terms ;
to humble ;
to conquer ;
to subdue ;
to capture ;
as ,
to reduce a province or a fort .
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4 .
To bring to a certain state or condition by grinding ,
pounding ,
kneading ,
rubbing ,
etc .;
as ,
to reduce a substance to powder ,
or to a pasty mass ;
to reduce fruit ,
wood ,
or paper rags ,
to pulp .
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It were but right And equal to reduce me to my dust . --
Milton .
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5 .
To bring into a certain order ,
arrangement ,
classification ,
etc .;
to bring under rules or within certain limits of descriptions and terms adapted to use in computation ;
as ,
to reduce animals or vegetables to a class or classes ;
to reduce a series of observations in astronomy ;
to reduce language to rules .
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6 . (
Arith .)
(
a )
To change ,
as numbers ,
from one denomination into another without altering their value ,
or from one denomination into others of the same value ;
as ,
to reduce pounds ,
shillings ,
and pence to pence ,
or to reduce pence to pounds ;
to reduce days and hours to minutes ,
or minutes to days and hours .
(
b )
To change the form of a quantity or expression without altering its value ;
as ,
to reduce fractions to their lowest terms ,
to a common denominator ,
etc .
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7 . (
Chem .)
To add an electron to an atom or ion .
Specifically :
To remove oxygen from ;
to deoxidize .
(
Metallurgy )
To bring to the metallic state by separating from combined oxygen and impurities ;
as ,
metals are reduced from their ores . (
Chem .)
To combine with ,
or to subject to the action of ,
hydrogen or any other reducing agent ;
as ,
ferric iron is reduced to ferrous iron ;
aldehydes can be reduced to alcohols by lithium hydride ;
--
opposed to {
oxidize }.
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8 . (
Med .)
To restore to its proper place or condition ,
as a displaced organ or part ;
as ,
to reduce a dislocation ,
a fracture ,
or a hernia .
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{
Reduced iron } (
Chem .),
metallic iron obtained through deoxidation of an oxide of iron by exposure to a current of hydrogen or other reducing agent .
When hydrogen is used the product is called also {
iron by hydrogen }.
{
To reduce an equation } (
Alg .),
to bring the unknown quantity by itself on one side ,
and all the known quantities on the other side ,
without destroying the equation .
{
To reduce an expression } (
Alg .),
to obtain an equivalent expression of simpler form .
{
To reduce a square } (
Mil .),
to reform the line or column from the square .
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Syn :
To diminish ;
lessen ;
decrease ;
abate ;
shorten ;
curtail ;
impair ;
lower ;
subject ;
subdue ;
subjugate ;
conquer .
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Reducing \
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from {
Reduce }.
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{
Reducing furnace } (
Metal .),
a furnace for reducing ores .
{
Reducing pipe fitting },
a pipe fitting ,
as a coupling ,
an elbow ,
a tee ,
etc .,
for connecting a large pipe with a smaller one .
{
Reducing valve },
a device for automatically maintaining a diminished pressure of steam ,
air ,
gas ,
etc .,
in a pipe ,
or other receiver ,
which is fed from a boiler or pipe in which the pressure is higher than is desired in the receiver .
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23 Moby Thesaurus words for "
reducing ":
abating ,
allaying ,
alleviating ,
assuaging ,
blunting ,
calorie -
counting ,
chastening ,
cushioning ,
dampening ,
damping ,
deadening ,
diminishing ,
dulling ,
easing ,
lessening ,
mitigating ,
relaxing ,
slenderizing ,
slimming ,
softening ,
subduing ,
tempering ,
weight -
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