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Insulating describes material used to stop heat, electricity, or sound from passing through or escaping. Insulating material in the walls of a house keeps warmth in during winter. Insulating material around a wire stops electricity from escaping and shocking someone. And insulating material in a wall or ceiling can block sound from passing between rooms.
隔熱的、絕緣的、隔音的(依上下文而定)
組成insulate + -ing. 'Insulate' comes from the Latin word 'insula,' meaning 'island' - to insulate something is to cut it off, like making it its own island.
同家族的字
- insulatethe base verb this comes from
- isolateshares the Latin root 'insula' (island) - both are about separating something from what's around it
- insulationshares 'insulate' - the material itself, or the general process
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
insulatingadj
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That insulates.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。