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effloresce vi. 开花,风化 开花,风化 effloresce v 1: come into or as if into flower; " These manifestations effloresced in the past" [ synonym: { effloresce}, { burst forth}] 2: assume crystalline form; become crystallized [ synonym: { crystallize}, { crystalize}, { crystalise}, { effloresce}] 3: become encrusted with crystals due to evaporationEffloresce \ Ef` flo* resce"\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Effloresced}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Efflorescing}.] [ L. efflorescere to bloom, blossom; ex florescere to begin to blossom, incho., fr. florere to blossom, fr. flos a flower. See { Flower}.] 1. To blossom forth. -- Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Chem.) To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber' s salts, and many others, effloresce. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere. [ 1913 Webster]
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