粵

散saan3失sat1

saan3 sat1sàn shī

English

  1. to squander
  2. lost
  3. separate, lost
  4. describe the energy transferred to else-where the in the school of physics

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 分散、失落(此用法多用於書面語)。
  2. 於物理科中形容能量轉移時流失嘅情況

Examples

  • 經歷多年戰亂同天災,哩位大文豪嘅好多經典作品都散失咗。

    After years of war and natural disasters, the classic works of this great writer were lost. ----

  • 移動中嘅物件甲撞擊靜止中的物件乙時,物件甲會將大部份動能轉移到物件乙,小部份以熱能及聲能散失。

    when moving object A crashes with idle object B, most of the kinetic energy stored in object A will transferred to object B, while a small amount of the kinetic energy will be lost as heat and sound energy.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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