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单词 saturate
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saturate

verb
/ˈsætʃəreɪt/
/ˈsætʃəreɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they saturate
/ˈsætʃəreɪt/
/ˈsætʃəreɪt/
he / she / it saturates
/ˈsætʃəreɪts/
/ˈsætʃəreɪts/
past simple saturated
/ˈsætʃəreɪtɪd/
/ˈsætʃəreɪtɪd/
past participle saturated
/ˈsætʃəreɪtɪd/
/ˈsætʃəreɪtɪd/
-ing form saturating
/ˈsætʃəreɪtɪŋ/
/ˈsætʃəreɪtɪŋ/
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  1. saturate something to make something completely wet synonym soak
    • The continuous rain had saturated the soil.
    • Condensation can saturate the insulation, rendering it useless.
    • The heavy autumn rains saturate the ground.
  2. [often passive] to fill something/somebody completely with something so that it is impossible or useless to add any more
    • be saturated (with/in something) Newspapers were saturated with reports about the royal wedding.
  3. Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘satisfied’): from Latin saturat- ‘filled, glutted’, from the verb saturare, from satur ‘full’. The early sense of the verb (mid 16th cent.) was ‘satisfy’.
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