English Dictionary

dilute

/daɪˈljuːt/

verb

(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water. / (transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.

You need to dilute the solution before using it.

意味（1）

(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.

Mix their watery store / With the chyle's current, and dilute it more.

意味（2）

(transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.

if these Colours be diluted and weakned by the Mixture of any adventitious light.

意味（3）

(transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.

It dilutes easily.