carbonate

名词 carbonate:

1. a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3)

动词 carbonate:

1. treat with carbon dioxide
2. turn into a carbonate

1. The crude sodium carbonate ash obtained from these plants.
   苏打灰从这些植物中获得的粗碳酸钠灰
2. A smooth, lustrous, variously colored deposit, chiefly calcium carbonate, formed around a grain of sand or other foreign matter in the shells of certain mollusks and valued as a gem.
   珍珠在几种软体动物的贝壳中，围绕着一粒沙子或其他外来物质形成的一种光滑、有色泽、具有不同颜色且主要是碳酸钙的沉积物，被珍视为宝石

car.bon.ate

v.tr.（及物动词）
car.bon.at.ed,car.bon.at.ing,car.bon.ates
To charge (a beverage, for example) with carbon dioxide gas.
给（例如饮料）充二氧化碳气体
To burn to carbon; carbonize.
将…烧成碳；使碳化
To change into a carbonate.
使…碳酸盐化
n.（名词）

A salt or ester of carbonic acid.
碳酸的盐类或酯类

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car.bona.tion
n.（名词）
car.bona.tor
n.（名词）