noun🔗Share오염The act or process of contaminating"The contamination of the water supply caused many people to get sick. "수돗물 오염으로 인해 많은 사람들이 아프게 되었다.environmentmedicinesciencebiologychemistryprocesstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share오염Something which contaminates."The spilled juice was a contamination that ruined the clean tablecloth. "쏟아진 주스는 깨끗한 식탁보를 망친 오염이었다.environmentmedicinesciencetoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share오염A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds."The contamination of "principal" and "principle" has caused some confusion in my son's school essays. "“principal”과 “principle”의 오염은 아들의 학교 에세이에 혼란을 야기했다.languagelinguisticsphoneticswordprocesstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share오염, 혼합(etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning."The contamination of English vocabulary by French words is evident in many everyday terms. "프랑스어 단어가 영어 어휘에 미치는 혼합은 많은 일상 용어에서 분명하게 나타난다.languagelinguisticswordhistorytoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share오염The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances."The spilled juice caused contamination of the school's new whiteboard, making it unusable. "쏟아진 주스로 인해 학교의 새 화이트보드가 오염되어 사용할 수 없게 되었습니다.environmentmaterialsubstanceprocessmedicinebiologychemistrysciencetoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading