| 释义 |
desaturate, v.|diːˈsætjʊreɪt|
[f. de- II. 1 + saturate v.]
trans. To cause to become unsaturated, to make less saturated. So deˈsaturated ppl. a.; desatuˈration.
1911Engineer 10 Mar. 243/1 The statement that the blood is desaturated in its passage through the lung requires proof. Ibid., Desaturation of the blood in its passage through the lungs. 1931Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Jan. 285 At very low intensities, under ordinary conditions of vision..all sensations are completely de-saturated, and the spectrum is simply a band of grey. Ibid. 287 De-saturation is not, in fact, complete in the case of spectral colours... Even if there be no complete de-saturation, the problem of explaining a partial de-saturation is essentially the same. 1962H. C. Weston Sight, Light & Work (ed. 2) i. 17 White is thus the de-saturated ‘colour’ par excellence. 1970Amateur Photographer 11 Mar. 62/3 Distant colours are desaturated by white light scattered by the atmosphere. |