saturate
verb
uk/ˈsætʃ.ər.eɪt/us/ˈsætʃ.ər.eɪt/saturateverb(MAKE WET)
[Toften passive]
to make something or someonecompletelywet:
使湿透;浸透;渗透Thegrasshad been saturated byovernightrain.一夜的雨淋透了草地。
He hadcuthislegbadly, and histrouserswere saturatedwith/inblood.他划破了腿,伤势严重,裤子都被血浸透了。
Wet weather & wetness
- clamminess
- damp
- dampen
- dampness
- dankness
- dreich
- drench
- drenched/soaked/wet to the skinidiom
- misty
- moist
- moisten
- saturated
- soak
- soggily
- sogginess
- spongy
- sun shower
- waterlogged
- wetly
- wetness
saturateverb(FILL)
[T]
tofilla thing orplacecompletelyso that no more can beadded:
使充满;使饱和Thepolicesaturated(= alargenumberofpoliceofficersweresentinto)thearea.大批警察被派往该地区。
saturate the market
toprovidetoo much of aproductso that there is more of thisproductavailablethan there arepeoplewhowanttobuyit:
使市场饱和Since the USmarkethas now been saturated,drugdealersarelookingtoEurope.由于美国的市场现在已经饱和,毒贩们开始转向欧洲。
Filling and completing
- backfill
- box ticking
- brick
- brick upsomething
- brim
- fill
- gas
- jam
- overcrowd
- overrun
- pack
- packsomething/somewhereout
- permeate
- pervade
- round
- stuffing
- suffuse
- supersaturated
- takesomethingup
- tank up
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Economics
saturateverb(COLOUR)
[Toften passive]artspecialized
to makecoloursinphotographs,films, orpaintingsbrightordeep:
Hecoveredlargecanvases withvigorousbrushstrokesandbloomsof saturatedcolour.
Increasing and intensifying
- -ify
- accretion
- accumulate
- accumulative
- add fuel to the fireidiom
- additive
- blaze
- crank
- heighten
- hot up
- increase
- increment
- inflation
- mushroom
- re-escalation
- redouble
- resurge
- rocket
- saturation
- stake
saturate
noun[Cusually plural,U]
uk/ˈsætʃ.ə.rət/us/ˈsætʃ.ə.rət/asaturated fatspecialized
饱和脂肪(同 saturated fat)Compare
polyunsaturate
Chemicals, chemical compounds & gases
- acetic acid
- acetone
- acrolein
- acrylamide
- adenine
- aldehyde
- alkaline earth metal
- benzene
- benzoic acid
- fluorocarbon
- H2O
- HCFC
- HFC
- hyaluronic acid
- hydrochloric acid
- hydrochlorofluorocarbon
- limescale
- metho
- tartaric acid
- tear gas