saturate

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Chemistrysaturatesat‧u‧rate1 /ˈsætʃəreɪt/ verb [transitive] 1 formalWET to make something very wet SYN soak OPP dry Water poured through the hole, saturating the carpet.2 FULLto put a lot of something into a particular place, especially so that you could not add any moresaturate something with something Our culture is saturated with television and advertising.3 → saturate the market4 technicalHC to mix as much of a solid into a chemical mixture as possible→ 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.saturatesat‧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 SYN saturated fat Choose a type of spread that’s lower in saturates than butter.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”

单词	saturate
释义	saturate From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Chemistrysaturatesat‧u‧rate1 /ˈsætʃəreɪt/ verb [transitive] 1 formalWET to make something very wet SYN soak OPP dry Water poured through the hole, saturating the carpet.2 FULLto put a lot of something into a particular place, especially so that you could not add any moresaturate something with something Our culture is saturated with television and advertising.3 → saturate the market4 technicalHC to mix as much of a solid into a chemical mixture as possible→ 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.saturatesat‧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 SYN saturated fat Choose a type of spread that’s lower in saturates than butter.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”
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