macerate
- IPA[ˈmasəreɪt]
英式
- (especially with reference to food) soften or become softened by soaking in a liquid;cause to waste away by fasting
verb: macerate, 3rd person present: macerates, gerund or present participle: macerating, past tense: macerated, past participle: macerated
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. (especially with reference to food) soften or become softened by soaking in a liquid macerate the mustard seeds in vinegar the fruit was allowed to macerate before fermentation
- 2. archaic cause to waste away by fasting these men lodged in tombs and macerated themselves with fasting
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- IPA[ˈmasəˌrāt]
美式
- (especially with reference to food) soften or become softened by soaking in a liquid: macerate the mustard seeds in vinegar the fruit was allowed to macerate before fermentation
Oxford American Dictionary