saturated

adjective

/ˈsætʃəreɪtɪd/

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[not usually before noun] completely wet synonym soaked
- Saturated soil lacks air, without which plant roots die.
- The ground is completely saturated: it would be pointless to plant anything.
Synonyms wet
wet
- moist
- damp
- soaked
- drenched
- saturated
These words all describe things covered with or full of liquid, especially water.
- wet covered with or full of liquid, especially water:
  The car had skidded on the wet road.
  You’ll get wet (= in the rain) if you go out now.
- moist slightly wet, often in a way that is pleasant or useful:
  a lovely rich moist cake
- damp slightly wet, often in a way that is unpleasant:
  The cottage was cold and damp.
- soaked (rather informal) very wet:
  You’re soaked through! (= completely wet)
- drenched very wet:
  We were caught in the storm and came home drenched to the skin.
soaked or drenched?Both of these words can be used with with or in: soaked/drenched with/in sweat/blood. Soaked but not usually drenched can also be used before a noun: their soaked clothes • their drenched clothes
- saturated very wet:
  The ground is completely saturated: it would be pointless to plant anything.
Patterns
- wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated with something
- soaked/drenched in something
- somebody’s coat/shirt/shoes/clothes/hair is/are wet/damp/soaked/drenched
- wet/moist/damp/saturated ground/earth
- to get wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated
[usually before noun] (chemistry) if a chemical solution (= a liquid with something dissolved in it) is saturated, it contains the greatest possible amount of the substance that has been dissolved in it
- a saturated solution of sodium chloride
Wordfinder
- absorb
- condense
- dilute
- dissolve
- evaporate
- filter
- immerse
- liquid
- rinse
- saturated
[usually before noun] (of colours) very strong
- saturated reds

单词	saturated
释义	saturated adjective /ˈsætʃəreɪtɪd/ /ˈsætʃəreɪtɪd/ jump to other results [not usually before noun] completely wet synonym soaked Saturated soil lacks air, without which plant roots die. The ground is completely saturated: it would be pointless to plant anything. Synonyms wetwet moist damp soaked drenched saturated These words all describe things covered with or full of liquid, especially water. wet covered with or full of liquid, especially water: The car had skidded on the wet road. You’ll get wet (= in the rain) if you go out now. moist slightly wet, often in a way that is pleasant or useful: a lovely rich moist cake damp slightly wet, often in a way that is unpleasant: The cottage was cold and damp. soaked (rather informal) very wet: You’re soaked through! (= completely wet) drenched very wet: We were caught in the storm and came home drenched to the skin. soaked or drenched?Both of these words can be used with with or in: soaked/drenched with/in sweat/blood. Soaked but not usually drenched can also be used before a noun: their soaked clothes • their drenched clothes saturated very wet: The ground is completely saturated: it would be pointless to plant anything. Patterns wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated with something soaked/drenched in something somebody’s coat/shirt/shoes/clothes/hair is/are wet/damp/soaked/drenched wet/moist/damp/saturated ground/earth to get wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated [usually before noun] (chemistry) if a chemical solution (= a liquid with something dissolved in it) is saturated, it contains the greatest possible amount of the substance that has been dissolved in it a saturated solution of sodium chloride Wordfinder absorb condense dilute dissolve evaporate filter immerse liquid rinse saturated [usually before noun] (of colours) very strong saturated reds
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