extract

quotation, extract

名词 extract:

1. a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
   同义词：infusion
2. a passage selected from a larger work
   同义词：excerpt, excerption, selection

动词 extract:

1. remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
   同义词：pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
2. get despite difficulties or obstacles
3. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
   同义词：educe, evoke, elicit, draw out
4. extract by the process of distillation
   同义词：distill, distil
5. separate (a metal) from an ore
6. obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
   同义词：press out, express
7. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
   同义词：excerpt, take out
8. calculate the root of a number

1. A computer word that specifies to extract some parts of another computer word.
   一种计算机字，它规定对另一计算机字的某些部分进行析取。
2. She extracted a small notebook from her handbag.
   她从手提包里取出了一个小笔记本。
3. I had extracted a detailed account from him.
   我从他那里打听出了详情。
4. I would like to quote two extracts from the book.
   我很想引用这本书的两段文字。

ex.tract

v.tr.（及物动词）
ex.tract.ed,ex.tract.ing,ex.tracts
To draw or pull out, using great force or effort:
用力拔出：用大力或努力拔出或拖出：
例句：
extract a wisdom tooth.
拔出一颗智齿

To obtain despite resistance:
不顾反抗而获得：
例句：
extract a promise.
迫使作出许诺

To obtain from a substance by chemical or mechanical action, as by pressure, distillation, or evaporation.
榨出，提取，蒸馏：通过化学作用或机械作用从某物质中获得，如通过压榨、蒸馏或蒸发
To remove for separate consideration or publication; excerpt.
摘录，引用：为单独论述或出版而摘抄；摘录

To derive or obtain (information, for example) from a source.
选取：从某一出处获得或取得（信息）
To deduce (a principle or doctrine); construe (a meaning).
演绎，解释：推断（原则或教义）；分析（意义）
To derive (pleasure or comfort) from an experience.
得到：从一次经历中获得（乐趣或舒适）
Mathematics To determine or calculate (the root of a number).
【数学】 开方，求根：确定或计算（一数的根）
n.（名词）

A passage from a literary work; an excerpt.
摘录：从文学作品中摘录下来的一段；摘录
A concentrated preparation of the essential constituents of a food, a flavoring, or another substance; a concentrate:
浓缩物，汁：一种食物、调味品或其它物质的精华部分的浓缩制剂；浓缩物：
例句：
maple extract.
枫树汁

来源：
Middle English extracten
中古英语 extracten
from Latin extrahere extract-
源自 拉丁语 extrahere extract-
ex- [ex-]
ex- [前缀，表.…之外.]
trahere [to draw]
trahere [汲取]

【引伸】
extract.able 或
extract.ible
adj.（形容词）
extrac.tor
n.（名词）