英语词汇“saturate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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.

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.

WORD FAMILY

saturate: saturated, saturates, saturating, saturation+/saturated: saturatedly, supersaturated, unsaturated/saturation: saturations

USAGE EXAMPLES

The business was much smaller and wasn’t as saturated, not as fast as it is now.

New York Times(Dec 30, 2016)

Taubes considers sugar to be a worse evil when compared to the effects of a sedentary lifestyle and saturated fat.

Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016)

Why are they starting to saturate the market, and what do they mean for the future of television?

Salon(Dec 25, 2016)

1v infuse or fill completely

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

impregnate

medicate

impregnate with a medicinal substance

alcoholise, alcoholize

treat or infuse with alcohol

imbue, soak

fill, soak, or imbue totally

ammonify

treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification

thoriate

impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission

stuff

treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting

charge

saturate

drench, imbrue

permeate or impregnate

infuse, steep

let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse

brew

sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor

fill, fill up, make full

make full, also in a metaphorical sense

2v cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

Hyper

alter, change, modify

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

单词	saturate
释义	saturate (once / 1183 pages) v 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. 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. WORD FAMILY saturate: saturated, saturates, saturating, saturation+/saturated: saturatedly, supersaturated, unsaturated/saturation: saturations USAGE EXAMPLES The business was much smaller and wasn’t as saturated, not as fast as it is now. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Taubes considers sugar to be a worse evil when compared to the effects of a sedentary lifestyle and saturated fat. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Why are they starting to saturate the market, and what do they mean for the future of television? Salon(Dec 25, 2016) 1v infuse or fill completely Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper impregnate medicate impregnate with a medicinal substance alcoholise, alcoholize treat or infuse with alcohol imbue, soak fill, soak, or imbue totally ammonify treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification thoriate impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission stuff treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting charge saturate drench, imbrue permeate or impregnate infuse, steep let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse brew sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor fill, fill up, make full make full, also in a metaphorical sense 2v cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
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