Nucleating
“Nucleating” 多用于科学语境,指液体或过饱和溶液中开始形成晶核,如 water nucleating around a dust particle(水分子在尘粒周围成核);在材料与化学中,nucleating agents(成核剂)可加速结晶。
- “Ice begins nucleating once the temperature drops below freezing.” (温度降到冰点以下,冰晶就开始成核。)
- “The additive helps by nucleating crystals more evenly.” (这种添加剂通过更均匀地成核来帮忙。)
- “Cloud seeding works by nucleating moisture in the atmosphere.” (人工降雨靠在大气中促成水汽成核。)
来自拉丁语 nucleus(核、核心),经 nucleate 动词化;与 nuclear(原子核的)同根,强调“形成核心点”。
“-ate” 构成动词 nucleate;-ing 表示正在成核的过程;nucleation 为名词(成核作用)。
在物理化学课本与工业配方中常见;日常口语少见,但科普报道谈结冰、气泡酒、云催化时会用到 nucleating。
- 固定搭配: “nucleating agent” (成核剂), “nucleating site” (成核位点)
- 原形: nucleate
- 名词: nucleation, nucleus
“nucleus + ate + ing”:先长出 tiny nucleus(小核)——nucleating 就是正在成核、结晶起步。
“In the lab, they watched sugar nucleating slowly until the whole solution turned cloudy.” (实验室里,他们看着糖慢慢成核,直到整杯溶液变浑。)