isolate

isolieren, absondern

Jemanden oder etwas von anderen getrennt halten, sodass keine Vermischung und kein Kontakt möglich sind.

In einfachem Englisch: To keep someone or something apart from others so they cannot mix or have contact.

• Doctors isolated the sick child.
• The storm has isolated several villages from the nearest town.
• We need to isolate this chemical from the other substances.

So benutzt man es: isolate someone/something from someone/something (The fence isolates the garden from the street.)

Synonyme: separate, cut off, set apart

Gegenteile: connect

Häufige Wendungen: isolate someone, isolate a sample, isolate yourself

Isolat

Person, Lebewesen oder Stoff, der von anderen getrennt gehalten wird, häufig zur Untersuchung.

In einfachem Englisch: A person, organism, or substance kept apart from others, often for study.

• The laboratory tested a bacterial isolate.
• Each isolate came from a different patient.
• These isolates were grown separately for further study.

Häufige Wendungen: bacterial isolate, clinical isolate, single isolate

isolierte Sprache

Sprache, für die keine andere Sprache mit demselben Ursprung bekannt ist.

In einfachem Englisch: A language with no other languages known to come from the same origin.

• Basque is a language isolate.
• Linguists disagree about whether this language is an isolate.
• Several isolates are spoken by small communities.

Synonyme: language isolate

Häufige Wendungen: language isolate, an isolate, linguistic isolate