saturated
adjective
uk/ˈsætʃ.ər.eɪ.tɪd/us/ˈsætʃ.ər.eɪ.t̬ɪd/saturatedadjective(WET)
completelywet:
使湿透；浸透；渗透It'spouringdownoutside- I'mabsolutelysaturated!外面下着倾盆大雨——我全身都湿透了！
Thedrainagesystempreventsthesoilfrombecomingsaturated.
Wet weather & wetness
- clamminess
- damp
- dampness
- dankness
- dreich
- drench
- drenched/soaked/wet to the skinidiom
- misty
- moist
- moisten
- monsoon
- saturate
- soak
- soggily
- sogginess
- spongy
- sun shower
- waterlogged
- wetly
- wetness
saturatedadjective(FILLED)
completelyfilledwith something so that no more can beadded:
Even with 10,000users, theserveris not saturated.
Theairwavesare saturatedwithadvertising.
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
saturatedadjective(MARKET)
If themarketfor aproductis saturated, there is more of theproductavailablethan there arepeoplewhowanttobuyit. :
Withwesternmarketsmore or less saturated,internationalphonecompaniesarelookingto thedevelopingworld.
Thecompanyoperatedin acompetitiveandheavilysaturatedenvironment.
Economics
- accommodative
- anti-economic
- anti-inflation
- anti-inflationary
- anti-recession
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- double-dip
- float
- GDP
- go-go
- hyperinflation
- inflation
- monetarist
- monetization
- monetize
- neoliberal
- non-economist
- protectionism
- retrenchment
- upturn
saturatedadjective(COLOUR)
(ofcoloursinphotographs,films, orpaintings)brightordeep:
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