extraction
n
1
(a) [U] action of extracting (extract 1a) 取出; 拔出; 强索
the extraction of a tooth 拔牙
the extraction of financial contributions 硬性摊派捐款
the extraction of information 打探消息
[attrib 作定语]
an extraction process at a diamond mine 钻石矿的开采过程.
(b) [C] instance of extracting a tooth 拔牙
He needs two extractions. 他需要拔掉两颗牙齿.
2 [U] (fml 文) descent; parentage 血统; 出身; 家世
an American of Hungarian extraction 匈牙利血统的美国人.
That's right. We will take 10 pigs, 10 sheep and sixty chickens. The chickens can eat the food that we would otherwise throw away. They will provide us with eggs and meat.
没错。我们要带上10头猪、10只羊还有60只鸡。鸡吃我们的剩饭剩菜。它们为我们提供蛋和肉。
I want to find out more about my 'roots,' he said.