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    saturate

    • v.
      cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with liquid so that no more can be absorbed；cause (a substance) to combine with, dissolve, or hold the greatest possible quantity of another substance
    • n.
      a saturated fat
    • adj.
      saturated with moisture.

    • verb: saturate, 3rd person present: saturates, gerund or present participle: saturating, past tense: saturated, past participle: saturated

    • noun: saturate, plural noun: saturates

    • 釋義

    動詞

    • 1. cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with liquid so that no more can be absorbed the soil is saturated 同義詞 soak, drench, waterlog, wet through, wet, ... 更多反義詞 dry out
    • ▪ cause (a substance) to combine with, dissolve, or hold the greatest possible quantity of another substance the groundwater is saturated with calcium hydroxide
    • ▪ magnetize or charge (a substance or device) fully.
    • ▪ put (a device) into a state in which no further increase in current is achievable.
    • ▪ fill (something or someone) with something until no more can be held or absorbed they've become thoroughly saturated with powerful and seductive messages from the media 同義詞 permeate, impregnate, suffuse, imbue, pervade, ... 更多
    • ▪ supply (a market) beyond the point at which the demand for a product is satisfied Japan's electronics industry began to saturate the world markets 同義詞 flood, glut, swamp, oversupply, overfill, ... 更多反義詞 starve
    • ▪ overwhelm (an enemy target area) by concentrated bombing.

    名詞

    • 1. a saturated fat as far as the heart is concerned saturates are considered the main enemy

    形容詞

    • 1. literary saturated with moisture.