to make a liquid stronger or purer by heating it until it changes to a gas and then cooling it so that it changes back into a liquid

Some strong alcoholic drinks such as whisky are made by distilling. 威士忌等烈酒是用蒸馏法制成的。

to get or show only the most important part of something

Over 80 hours of footage have been distilled into these 40 minutes. 80多个小时的片子被提炼压缩成了40分钟。