ablation

ablation
[əˈbleɪʃ(ə)n]
noun
[mass noun]
  1. the surgical removal of body tissue
    切除
  2. the removal of snow and ice by melting or evaporation, typically from a glacier or iceberg
    (尤指冰河或冰山的)冰雪消融
    ■the erosion of rock, typically by wind action
    (岩石的)侵蚀(尤指风化)
    ■the loss of surface material from a spacecraft or meteorite through evaporation or melting caused by friction with the atmosphere
    (飞行器壳体材料或陨星在与大气摩擦时由于熔化或蒸发而导致的)烧蚀
派生
ablate
verb
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the general sense 'taking away, removal'): from late Latin ablatio(n-), from Latin ablat- 'taken away', from ab- 'away' + lat- 'carried' (from the verb ferre)
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