vt. (使)分解, (使)碎裂

[医] 分解, 分裂, 蜕变

Disintegrate \Dis*in"te*grate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Disintegrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disintegrating}.] [L. dis-
+ integratus, p. p. of integrare to renew, repair, fr.
integer entire, whole. See {Integer}.]
To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or
to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a
rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical
or atmospheric influences.

Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the
atmosphere, at least in six years. --Kirwan.


Disintegrate \Dis*in"te*grate\, v. i.
To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly
disintegrates.