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refining
(
ing
.)提煉
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Re·fine
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Refined
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Refining
.]
1.
To
reduce
to
a
fine
,
unmixed
,
or
pure
state
;
to
free
from
impurities
;
to
free
from
dross
or
alloy
;
to
separate
from
extraneous
matter
;
to
purify
;
to
defecate
;
as
,
to
refine
gold
or
silver
;
to
refine
iron
;
to
refine
wine
or
sugar
.
I
will
bring
the
third
part
through
the
fire
,
and
will
refine
them
as
silver
is
refined
.
--
Zech
.
xiii
. 9.
2.
To
purify
from
what
is
gross
,
coarse
,
vulgar
,
inelegant
,
low
,
and
the
like
;
to
make
elegant
or
exellent
;
to
polish
;
as
,
to
refine
the
manners
,
the
language
,
the
style
,
the
taste
,
the
intellect
,
or
the
moral
feelings
.
Love
refines
The
thoughts
,
and
heart
enlarges
. --
Milton
.
Syn:
--
To
purify
;
clarify
;
polish
;
ennoble
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
refining
n
:
the
process
of
removing
impurities
(
as
from
oil
or
metals
or
sugar
etc
.) [
syn
:
refinement
,
purification
]
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