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1. V-T If a liquid such as whisky or water is distilled, it is heated until it changes into steam or vapour and then cooled until it becomes liquid again. This is usually done in order to make it pure. 蒸餾

The whisky had been distilled in 1926 and sat quietly maturing until 1987. 這瓶威士忌是1926年被蒸餾的，存放至1987年釀造成熟。

2. distillationN-UNCOUNT 蒸餾

Any faults in the original cider stood out sharply after distillation. 蘋果酒原漿中的任何瑕疵蒸餾後就會突現出來。

3. V-T If an oil or liquid is distilled from a plant, it is produced by a process which extracts the most essential part of the plant. To distil a plant means to produce an oil or liquid from it by this process. 提鍊

The oil is distilled from the berries of this small tree. 這種油是從這種小樹的漿果中提鍊的。

4. distillationN-UNCOUNT 提鍊

The distillation of rose petals to produce rosewater almost certainly originated in Ancient Persia. 用玫瑰花瓣提鍊制造玫瑰水幾乎可以肯定是起源於古波斯。

5. V-T If a thought or idea is distilled from previous thoughts, ideas, or experiences, it comes from them. If it is distilled into something, it becomes part of that thing. 萃取…的精華; 將精華融入…

Reviews are distilled from articles previously published in the main column. 評論文章薈萃了發表於各大專欄文章的精華。

Eventually passion was distilled into the natural beauty of a balmy night. 激情最終融入了芬芳夜晚的自然美之中。

6. distillationN-SING 精萃

The material below is a distillation of his work. 下麪的材料是他著作的精萃。