- dilute
[dilute 词源字典]
- dilute: see lavatory
[dilute etymology, dilute origin, 英语词源] - dilute (v.)
- 1550s, from Latin dilutus, past participle of diluere "dissolve, wash away, dilute," from dis- "apart" + -luere, comb. form of lavere "to wash" (see lave). Related: Diluted; diluting. As an adjective from c. 1600.