galvanize

英['ɡælvənaɪz]美['ɡælvənaɪz]
  • v. 镀锌；刺激；激励

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    路易吉·伽伐尼（Luigi Galvani，1737－1798年）是意大利医生、物理学家与哲学家，现代产科学的先驱者。在1780年，他发现死青蛙的腿部肌肉接触电火花时会颤动，从而发现神经元和肌肉会产生电力。他是第一批涉足生物电领域研究的人物之一，这一领域在今天仍然在研究神经系统的电信号和电模式。
      verb(动词)
      1. 激起；使震惊；使振奋

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 激起；使震惊；使振奋

      Western charities were galvanized by TV pictures of starving people.

      饥民的照片在电视上播出后，西方的慈善组织倍感震惊，马上行动了起来。

      The prospect of his mother coming to stay galvanized him into action and he started cleaning the house.

      他母亲要来和他一起住了，这才使得他打起精神，开始清扫房屋。

    小知识

    The verb galvanize means to stimulate or incite someone into taking action. Your impassioned speech might galvanize the other members of the Ecology Club to start a school-wide recycling initiative.

    The word galvanize initially meant “to stimulate muscles by administering electric shocks.” It was coined to honor the 18th-century scientist Luigi Galvani, who found that a spark could make a frog's legs move. This discovery of “animal electricity” inspired Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, (a novel in which a mad scientist attempts to use electricity to galvanize a monster to life). Galvanize also means to cover steel or iron with zinc so it doesn’t rust.

    实用短语

    1. pot galvanize

      热镀锌

    2. cold galvanize corrosion inhibitor

      冷电镀防腐剂

    3. galvanize – lull

      使有活力

    4. galvanize the pipes

      管子镀锌

    5. galv galvanize

    单词用法

    变化形式
    第三人称单数： galvanizes过去式： galvanized过去分词： galvanized现在分词： galvanizing

    同义词

    inspire

    同根词

    词根：galvanize

    n.

    galvanizing镀锌

    galvanization镀锌，电镀；通流电

    galvanizer电镀工；激励者

    v.

    galvanizing给…通电；给…镀锌；刺激（galvanize的ing形式）

    vt.

    galvanise激励；镀锌；通电流于（等于galvanize）