| 单词 | saturate |
| 释义 | Related topics: Chemistrysat·u·rate1 /ˈsætʃəreɪt/ verb [transitive] 1 formalWET to make something very wet 浸湿，使湿透 SYN soak OPP dry Water poured through the hole, saturating the carpet. 水从洞里流进来，浸湿了地毯。2 FULLto put a lot of something into a particular place, especially so that you could not add any more 使充满，使充斥saturate something with something Our culture is saturated with television and advertising. 我们的文化里充斥着电视和广告。3. saturate the market BBTto offer so much of a product for sale that there is more than people want to buy 使市场饱和4. technicalHC to mix as much of a solid into a chemical mixture as possible 使〔化学溶液〕饱和→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpussaturate• The pervading citrus smell of aftershave, the same smell that had saturated Brady's apartment and Feldman's studio.• He declared that the boiler was a straight forward Stephenson saturated design which couldn't really be improved.• Issa is saturating local radio time with his campaign ads.• In the mid nineties the rate of new infections began to level off in some heavily saturated nations.• Hoots of triumph crashed through the shrinking kitchen like the trumpeting of elephants, saturating the air.• The bathtub overflowed, and water saturated the carpeting.• Heavy rains had saturated the ground, turning the streets into rivers.• Saturate the label with vinegar and let it sit before you try to scrape it off the bottle.• Children whose entire existence has been saturated with these accoutrements reached college age during the 1990s.sat·u·rate2 /ˈsætʃərət/ noun [countable usually plural] a type of fat from meat or milk products that is thought to be less healthy than other kinds of fat from vegetables or fish 饱和脂肪 SYN saturated fat Choose a type of spread that’s lower in saturates than butter. 挑选一种饱和脂肪含量比黄油少的酱。From Longman Business Dictionarysaturatesat‧u‧rate /ˈsætʃəreɪt/ verb saturate the marketMARKETINGCOMMERCE to offer so much of a product for sale that there is more than people want to buyA flood of cheap Italian tomatoes has almost saturated the market.Smaller banks are struggling to compete in an already saturated market. —saturation noun [uncountable]Companies are worried about market saturation.→ See Verb tableOrigin saturate (1500-1600) Latin past participle of saturare, from satur “having had enough”sat·u·rate1 verbsat·u·rate2 nounChineseSyllable make something wet to Business very Corpus |
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