decantとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /dəˈkænt/
• 韻: -ænt
• ハイフネーション: de‧cant

動詞

decant (三人称単数 現在形 decants, 現在分詞 decanting, 過去形および過去分詞形 decanted)

1. (transitive) To pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment.
   • 1908, Michael Faraday, The Chemical History of a Candle:

     After washing, the insoluble lime soap is decomposed with hot dilute sulphuric acid. The melted fatty acids thus rise as an oil to the surface, when they are decanted.

2. (transitive) To pour from one vessel into another.

   to decant wine

3. (archaic, intransitive) To flow.
   • 1900, Sabine Baring-Gould, A Book of Dartmoor:

     Swincombe, formerly Swan-combe, runs to the north of the ridge, and has the sources of its river in the Fox Tor mires and near Childe's Tomb. It runs north-east, and then abruptly passes north to decant into the West Dart.

4. (science fiction) To remove (a clone または other artificially-gestated baby) from its chamber, vat, or artificial womb.
   • 1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World:

     “We also predestine and condition. We decant our babies as socialized human beings, as Alphas or Epsilons, as future sewage workers or future …” He was going to say “future World controllers,” but correcting himself, said “future Directors of Hatcheries,” instead.

5. To rehouse people while their buildings are being refurbished or rebuilt.

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• cadent, canted, cedant, dacent