particulate

particulate — adjective

1. made of tiny separate bits, or connected with this kind of material.

1.形容詞C2
釋義

made of tiny separate bits, or connected with this kind of material.

例句

The report warns that particulate pollution rises fast on dry winter days.

collocation: particulate pollution

A new filter cuts particulate matter from the school's old boiler.

collocation: particulate matter

同義詞
  • granular

    often suggests grain-like texture on a surface, not airborne pollution

  • powdery

    an everyday word for something like fine dry powder

  • dusty

    less technical and usually means covered with dust rather than made of tiny particles in a scientific sense

文法句型

particulate pollution

particulate matter

particulate filter

particulate emissions

用法筆記

Usually placed before technical nouns such as matter, pollution, emissions, and filter. Distinguish it from the noun sense: this adjective describes the tiny bits or a noun linked to them, rather than naming the material itself.

常見錯誤

❌The air became very particulate after the truck passed.
✅The air filled with particulate matter after the truck passed.
💡Particulate usually modifies a noun instead of describing the whole air by itself.

particulate — noun