单词 | macerate |
释义 | mac·er·ate (măsə-rāt′) v. mac·er·at·ed, mac·er·at·ing, mac·er·ates v.tr. 1. To make soft by soaking or steeping in a liquid. 2. To separate into constituents by soaking. 3. To cause to become lean, usually by starvation; emaciate. v.intr. To become soft or separated into constituents by soaking: "allowed the juice and skins of the white grapes to macerate together overnight before pressing" (Gerald Asher). n. (-ĭt) A substance prepared or produced by macerating. [Latin mācerāre, mācerāt-; see mag- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] mac′er·ation n. macer·a′tor, macer·at′er n. |
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