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TOEFL BNC: 10798 COCA: 7350

pollutant

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pollutant /pəˈluːtn̩t/ noun
plural pollutants
pollutant
/pəˈluːtn̩t/
noun
plural pollutants
Learner's definition of POLLUTANT
[count]
: a substance that makes land, water, air, etc., dirty and not safe or suitable to use : something that causes pollution污染物质;污染物
TOEFL BNC: 10798 COCA: 7350

pollutant

noun

pol·​lut·​ant pə-ˈlü-tᵊnt How to pronounce pollutant (audio)
: something that pollutes

Example Sentences

filtered the pollutants out of the water
Recent Examples on the Web Every acre of kelp planted removes nitrogen (a pollutant from human waste) from the water at 10 times the rate of the nitrogen-reducing septic systems now mandated for new homes in all of Suffolk County. New York Times, 10 June 2022 This case concerns a legal challenge to the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2022 On Wednesday, the Navy told state officials the source of pollutant in the Red Hill Shaft was identified as jet fuel, health department spokesperson Kaitlyn Arita-Chang told CNN. Tina Burnside And Kelly Mccleary, CNN, 9 Dec. 2021 Such systems cannot remove nitrogen, the main pollutant of concern. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 May 2022 In some cases, their equipment measured this small particulate pollutant at nearly twice the levels picked up by the corresponding EPA system. Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2022 Yet industry watchdogs like Marcie Keever at environmental advocacy group Friends of the Earth caution that LNG is merely a distraction and yet another significant pollutant. CNN, 21 Apr. 2022 Air quality in the West barely meets the EPA’s standard for one type of air pollutant. NBC News, 22 Mar. 2022 Other speakers said the county should install methane capture systems at landfills, noting that reducing methane, a short-term but potent climate pollutant, can have immediate benefits in slowing climate change. Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pollutant was in 1892
TOEFL BNC: 10798 COCA: 7350
pollutant

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + POLLUTANT | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEair, atmospheric, environmental, water空氣中的/大氣中的/環境中的/水中的污染物biological, chemical, hazardous, organic, toxic生物/化學/有害/有機/有毒污染物major主要污染物common常見污染物Both are common pollutants and suspected carcinogens.兩者都是常見污染物和可疑致癌物。industrial工業污染物airborne氣載污染物VERB + POLLUTANTdischarge, emit, release排放/散發/釋放有害物質reduce減少有害物質a washable filter to reduce air pollutants能減少空氣污染物的可清洗過濾器remove去除污染物PREPOSITIONpollutant from來自⋯的污染物pollutants from nearby industries附近工廠排放的污染物pollutant in⋯中的污染物pollutants in exhaust gases廢氣中的污染物PHRASESthe emission of pollutants, the release of pollutants污染物的排放

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