名詞 nitrate:

1. any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)

動詞 nitrate:

1. treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate

1. Nitrate of soda may be sown on pasture that does not eat off.
   可以把硝酸鈉撒在牧草還沒有吃光的草地上。
2. A highly explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and trinitrotoluene.
   阿馬托炸藥一種由硝酸銨和三硝基甲苯組成的烈性混合炸藥
3. A cellulose nitrate used as a component of smokeless powder.
   火纖維素硝酸纖維素，用于無煙的炸藥的組成物質(zhì)
4. The soil is enriched with nitrates.
   土壤里施了硝酸鹽肥料。

ni.trate

n.（名詞）
The univalent radical NO3 or a compound containing it, as a salt or an ester of nitric acid.
硝酸根，硝酸鹽（酯）：一價的根NO3或包含它的化合物，如一種硝酸鹽或者酯
Fertilizer consisting of sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate.
硝酯鈀：由硝酸鈉或硝酸鉀組成的化肥
v.tr.（及物動詞）
ni.trat.ed,ni.trat.ing,ni.trates
To treat with nitric acid or a nitrate, usually to change (an organic compound) into a nitrate.
硝化：用硝酸或硝酸鹽處理，通常將（有機化合物）轉(zhuǎn)化成硝酸鹽或硝酸酯

【引伸】
nitra.tion
n.（名詞）
ni.tra.tor
n.（名詞）