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单词 saturate
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Examples of 'saturate' in a sentence
saturate

They keep you on edge and doubtful---like your Art did---always hungry for more---or they saturate you, won't leave you alone.The enemy ships could project their course track back to us and saturate the area with depth charges or subrockets.

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saturate

British English: saturate VERB
If people or things saturate a place or object, they fill it completely so that no more can be added.
In the last days before the vote, both sides are saturating the airwaves.
  • American English: saturate
  • Brazilian Portuguese: saturar
  • Chinese: 使饱和
  • European Spanish: saturar
  • French: saturer
  • German: sättigen
  • Italian: saturare
  • Japanese: 飽和させる
  • Korean: 포화 상태를 만들다
  • European Portuguese: saturar
  • Latin American Spanish: saturar

(verb) 
Definition
to fill so completely that no more can be added
Both sides are saturating the airwaves.
Synonyms
flood
a policy aimed at flooding Europe with exports
overwhelm
The small Pacific island could be overwhelmed by rising sea levels.
swamp
The river burst its banks, swamping a mobile home park.
overrun
A group of rebels overran the port.
A military group overran them and took four of them off.
deluge
Torrential rain deluged the capital.
glut
Soldiers returning from war had glutted the job market.
(verb) 
Definition
to soak completely
If the filter has been saturated with motor oil, discard it.
Synonyms
soak
Soak the soil around each bush with at least 4 gallons of water.
steep
green beans steeped in olive oil
drench
They turned fire hoses on the people and drenched them.
seep
Radioactive water had seeped into underground reservoirs.
imbue
He is able to imbue his listeners with enthusiasm.
douse
They doused him in petrol.
impregnate
plastic impregnated with a light-absorbing dye
suffuse
A dull red flash suffused Selby's face.
ret
wet through
waterlog
souse
drouk (Scottish)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of deluge
Definition
to flood
Torrential rain deluged the capital.
Synonyms
flood,
drown,
swamp,
submerge,
soak,
drench,
inundate,
douse
in the sense of douse
Definition
to drench with water or other liquid
They doused him in petrol.
Synonyms
drench,
soak,
steep,
saturate,
duck,
submerge,
immerse,
dunk,
souse,
plunge into water
in the sense of drench
Definition
to make completely wet
They turned fire hoses on the people and drenched them.
Synonyms
soak,
flood,
wet,
duck,
drown,
steep,
swamp,
saturate,
inundate,
souse,
imbrue

Synonyms of 'saturate'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of glut
Definition
to supply (a market) with a commodity in excess of the demand for it
Soldiers returning from war had glutted the job market.
Synonyms
saturate,
flood,
choke,
clog,
overload,
inundate,
deluge,
oversupply
in the sense of imbue
Definition
to fill or inspire (with ideals or principles)
He is able to imbue his listeners with enthusiasm.
Synonyms
instil,
infuse,
steep,
bathe,
saturate,
pervade,
permeate,
impregnate,
inculcate
in the sense of impregnate
Definition
to saturate, soak, or fill throughout
plastic impregnated with a light-absorbing dye
Synonyms
saturate,
soak,
steep,
fill,
seep,
pervade,
infuse,
permeate,
imbue,
suffuse,
percolate,
imbrue (rare)
in the sense of overrun
Definition
to conquer (territory) rapidly by force of numbers
A group of rebels overran the port.A military group overran them and took four of them off.
Synonyms
overwhelm,
attack,
assault,
occupy,
raid,
invade,
penetrate,
swamp,
rout,
assail,
descend upon,
run riot over
in the sense of overwhelm
The small Pacific island could be overwhelmed by rising sea levels.
Synonyms
swamp,
bury,
flood,
crush,
engulf,
submerge,
beset,
inundate,
deluge,
snow under
in the sense of seep
Definition
to leak through slowly
Radioactive water had seeped into underground reservoirs.
Synonyms
ooze,
well,
leak,
soak,
bleed,
weep,
trickle,
leach,
exude,
permeate,
percolate
in the sense of souse
Definition
to steep or cook (food) in a marinade
Synonyms
steep,
soak,
pickle,
immerse,
drench,
marinate,
dunk
in the sense of steep
Definition
to soak or be soaked in a liquid in order to soften or cleanse
green beans steeped in olive oil
Synonyms
soak,
immerse,
marinate,
damp,
submerge,
drench,
moisten,
macerate,
souse,
imbrue (rare)
in the sense of suffuse
Definition
to spread through or over (something)
A dull red flash suffused Selby's face.
Synonyms
spread through or over,
flood,
infuse,
cover,
steep,
bathe,
mantle,
pervade,
permeate,
imbue,
overspread,
transfuse (literary)
in the sense of swamp
Definition
to cause (a boat) to sink or fill with water
The river burst its banks, swamping a mobile home park.
Synonyms
flood,
engulf,
submerge,
inundate,
deluge
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