亚洲网紅露点

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galvanize

[ gal-vuh-nahyz ]

verb (used with object)

galvanized, galvanizing.
  1. to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
  2. Medicine/Medical. to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced direct current ( faradize ).
  3. to startle into sudden activity; stimulate.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

  4. to coat (metal, especially iron or steel) with zinc.


galvanize

/ 藞伞忙濒惫蓹藢苍补瑟锄 /

verb

  1. to stimulate to action; excite; startle
  2. to cover (iron, steel, etc) with a protective zinc coating by dipping into molten zinc or by electrodeposition
  3. to stimulate by application of an electric current
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. galvanized iron, usually in the form of corrugated sheets as used in roofing
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞驳补濒惫补藢苍颈锄别谤, noun
  • 藢驳补濒惫补苍颈藞锄补迟颈辞苍, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 驳补濒顎卾补路苍颈路锄补顎僼颈辞苍 noun
  • 驳补濒顎僾补路苍颈锄顎卐谤 noun
  • 苍辞苍路驳补濒顎僾补路苍颈锄别诲顎 adjective
  • 辫谤别路驳补濒顎僾补路苍颈锄别顎 verb (used with object) pregalvanized pregalvanizing
  • 谤别顎単补濒路惫补路苍颈路锄补顎僼颈辞苍 noun
  • 谤别路驳补濒顎僾补路苍颈锄别顎 verb (used with object) regalvanized regalvanizing
  • 耻苍路驳补濒顎僾补路苍颈锄别诲顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of galvanize1

First recorded in 1795鈥1805; from French galvaniser, named after Luigi Galvani; -ize
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Example Sentences

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But if you want healthy plants, avoid planters made of copper or galvanized metal because they can leach copper and zinc into the soil.

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But it鈥檚 leagues more narratively expansive and honest 鈥 and more personally galvanizing 鈥 now that I feel like a background extra in Lucas鈥 universe.

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Pope Francis, whose warm, humble, no-nonsense manner galvanized the Roman Catholic Church and drew widespread admiration from outsiders, has died.

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Whatever Trump鈥檚 motives, Canadians are taking the implied threat very seriously, and the effect has been far more galvanizing than most outsiders probably could have predicted.

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It was very galvanizing for us to have to go through that together.

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