[no obj.](of a feeling or similar thing) disappear or be dispelled (感情等)消失;被驱散 the concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated. 她对他的担心彻底消失了。 ■[with obj.]cause (a feeling or similar thing) to disappear or disperse 使(感情等)消失(或消散) he wanted to dissipate his anger. 他希望消消火。 ■(of something such as a cloud or queue) disperse or scatter 使(云或队伍等)消散,散去
[with obj.]the squander or fritter away (money, energy, or resources) 浪费;挥霍;消耗(金钱,能源,资源) ■(一般作 be dissipated)(Physics)cause (energy) to be lost, typically by converting it to heat (物理)使耗散,使散逸
派生 dissipative adjective dissipator noun
(亦作 dissipater)
语源
late Middle English: from Latin dissipat- 'scattered', from the verb dissipare, from dis- 'apart, widely' + supare 'to throw'