evaporate 蒸发

[-, ex-, ex- + vapor, steam.]

• verb

1 [I,T] if a liquid evaporates or if something evaporates it, it changes into steam:
?Boil the sauce until most of the liquid has evaporated.
2 [I] to slowly disappear:
?Support for the idea has evaporated.
evaporation noun [U]

See Also.
distill