extract
US: /ˈɛkˌstɹækt/, /ɪkˈstɹækt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
extract /'ekstrækt - iks'trækt/- iks'trækt/
- danh từ
- đoạn trích
- (hoá học) phần chiết
- (dược học) cao
- ngoại động từ
- trích (sách); chép (trong đoạn sách)
- nhổ (răng...)
- bòn rút, moi
- hút, bóp, nặn
- rút ra (nguyên tắc, sự thích thú)
- (toán học) khai (căn)
- (hoá học) chiết
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 [C] ~ (from sth) a short passage from a book, piece of music, etc. that gives you an idea of what the whole thing is like: The following extract is taken from her new novel.
2 [U, C] a substance that has been obtained from sth else using a particular process: yeast / malt extract + face cream containing natural plant extracts + (AmE) vanilla extract
See also -
+ verb
sth)
1 to remove or obtain a substance from sth, for example by using an industrial or a chemical process: a machine that extracts excess moisture from the air + to extract essential oils from plants
2 to obtain information, money, etc., often by taking it from sb who is unwilling to give it: Journalists managed to extract all kinds of information about her private life.
3 to choose information, etc. from a book, a computer, etc. to be used for a particular purpose: This article is extracted from his new book.
4 (formal) to take or pull sth out, especially when this needs force or effort: The dentist may decide that the wisdom teeth need to be extracted. + He rifled through his briefcase and extracted a file.
5 (formal) to get a particular feeling or quality from a situation
Synonym: DERIVE
They are unlikely to extract much benefit from the trip.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 draw or pull (out), remove, withdraw, pluck or take out, draw forth, extricate:
The dentist extracted two teeth. I extracted some important papers from your waste-paper basket.
2 draw, derive, deduce, develop, glean, extricate, distil, get, obtain:
I could extract little sense from her ramblings.
3 wrench, wring, wrest, extort, draw (forth), evoke, elicit, extricate, winkle out, worm (out), prise (out), force (out):
Using torture, they finally extracted a confession from him. She extracted money from her victims by threatening to tell their wives.
4 copy, quote, cite, abstract, select, choose, glean, cull:
We extracted useful material from some old encyclopedias.
n.
5 concentrate, distillate, essence, distillation, quintessence, concentration, extraction, decoction:
We boiled off the water and used the extract as a salve.
6 excerpt, abstract, quotation, citation, clipping, cutting, passage, selection:
Extracts from other works are printed in smaller type.
Collocation
1 passage from a book/piece of music
ADJ.
brief, short | long | literary
VERB + EXTRACT
read | publish
EXTRACT + VERB
be from, be taken from
The extract is taken from a long essay.
PREP.
~ from
He read out a brief extract from his book.
2 substance taken from another substance
ADJ.
natural
conditioners made from natural plant extracts
| herbal, malt, meat, plant, vanilla, yeast
Add a few drops of vanilla extract.
PREP.
~ of
extract of apricot
Concise dictionary
extracts|extracted|extractingɪk'stræktnoun
+a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
+a passage selected from a larger work
verb
+remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
+get despite difficulties or obstacles
+deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
+extract by the process of distillation
+separate (a metal) from an ore
+obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
+take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
+calculate the root of a number
