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英语单词 saturate
英美音标 英 ['sætʃəreɪt] 美 ['sætʃəreɪt]
中文释义 v.使浸透;使充满;使饱和
adj.浸透的;饱和的;深颜色的
英语例句 (1) We lay on the beach, saturated in sunshine.
(2) We were caught in the rain and came home saturated.
(3) The air was saturated with the perfume of the flowers.
(4) The films manufactured by Hollywood are saturated in the cinemas all over the world.
中文例句 (1) 我们躺在沙滩上,沐浴在阳光里。
(2) 我们挨了雨淋, 回家时已浑身湿透。
(3) 空气中飘荡着花香。
(4) 在全世界电影市场上充斥着好莱坞的影片。
vocabulary简明 The verb saturate means to cause something to be fully soaked to the point where it can't take on anything else. A heavy rainstorm can saturate the ground, leaving puddles on the lawn because no more water can be absorbed.
vocabulary扩展 The word saturate comes from the Latin word saturatus, meaning "to fill full, sate, drench." Saturate is often used to describe the aftermath of a big rainstorm, but other things can be saturated as well. If you're a workaholic, you might saturate all your free time with work, leaving no time to spend with your family. In chemistry, saturate describes causing one substance, like a solution, to take on the greatest amount of another substance.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]使充满;使饱和 If people or things saturate a place or object, they fill it completely so that no more can be added.
  [V n]
  [be V-ed with n]
  • In the last days before the vote, both sides are saturating the airwaves...

    选举前最后几天,竞选双方占用了所有的广播电台和电视台。

  • As the market was saturated with goods and the economy became more balanced, inflation went down.

    随着市场上商品饱和,经济趋于平衡,通货膨胀就减弱了。

saturated
  • As the domestic market becomes saturated, firms begin to export the product.

    由于国内市场饱和,各公司开始外销。

2
[VERB 动词]浸透;渗透;使湿透 If someone or something is saturated, they become extremely wet.
  [be V-ed]
  [Also V n]
  [usu passive]
  • If the filter has been saturated with motor oil, it should be discarded and replaced.

    过滤器如果已被机油浸透,则应丢弃并换上新的。

saturated
  • His work clothes, having become saturated with oil, had to be cleaned.

    他的工作服已经被油浸透,该洗洗了。

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