| 单词 | impregnate |
| 释义 | impregnate —impregnation, n. —impregnator, n. —impregnatory /im preg"neuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj. v. /im preg"nayt, im"preg nayt'/; adj. /im preg"nit, -nayt/, v. , impregnated, impregnating, adj. v.t. 1. to make pregnant; get with child or young. 2. to fertilize. 3. to cause to be infused or permeated throughout, as with a substance; saturate: to impregnate a handkerchief with cheap perfume. 4. to fill interstices with a substance. 5. to furnish with some actuating or modifying element infused or introduced; imbue, infect; tincture. adj. 6. impregnated. [1535-45; < LL impraegnatus ptp. of impraegnare to fertilize, impregnate, equiv. to im- IM-1 + praegn- (see PREGNANT) + -atus -ATE1] Syn. 3. permeate, infuse, penetrate. |
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