单词 | saturating |
释义 | saturatingn. The action or process of saturate v. (in various senses); saturation. ΚΠ 1658 G. Starkey Pyrotechny 117 A saturating of its Alcalizateness if it be Lixiviate. 1816 A. Rees Cycl. (1819) XXXIII. at Slake A term signifying the saturating of quick-lime with moisture, as water, &c. 1948 Pulp & Paper Mag. Canada Aug. 77/2 Saturating is accomplished by a combination of the spray and dip methods, that is, the felt is first sprayed by hot saturant on one side only. 1995 R. Robin Barbed-wire College vi. 91 The SPD's [= Special Projects Division's] commanding officers did not limit their concerns to..the saturating of the enemy with bombardments of ideologically correct thoughts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). saturatingadj. That saturates something or someone (in various senses of the verb); that produces saturation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > causing satiety fulsomec1430 surfeiting?1569 glutting1574 over-cloying1592 cloysome1603 gluttish1655 palling1667 saturating1684 cloying1752 satiating1769 unwearable1846 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [adjective] > over-fed, gorged, or sated > overfeeding or gorging fulsome1555 overfeeding1621 saturating1684 cloying1808 stodging1898 the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [adjective] > very wetting sousing1619 soakinga1642 sugging1733 drenching1768 sowping1807 drooking1813 saturating1897 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 693/2 And in this case they are commonly called absorbing, saturating and precipitating Medicines. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. v. 183 After a saturating meal, and an enlivening cup, they departed. 1850 C. G. B. Daubeny Introd. Atomic Theory (ed. 2) vii. 193 Yet there is no fundamental difference between the two acids, and their saturating power is exactly the same. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 44 An over supply of rain, and equally saturating mists. 1986 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 83 4022 Particular attention was given to the response of the dark-adapted eye to saturating flashes, that is, those sufficiently bright to evoke a response of maximal amplitude. 1999 H. Applebaum Constr. Workers, U.S.A. p. xx About 4:00 P.M., it began to rain—a hard, pounding, saturating rain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1658adj.1684 |
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