| 单词 | macerate |
| 释义 | macerate (once / 14397 pages) v When you macerate something, you soften it by soaking it in a liquid, often while you're cooking or preparing food. To macerate strawberries, all you have to do is sprinkle sugar on them, which draws out their juices so they become soft and sweet and deliciously saucy. Macerate is sometimes also used to mean "cause to grow thin or weak," or in other words, to make someone feel like a soft, squishy strawberry. WORD FAMILYmacerate: macerated, macerates, macerating, maceration, macerative+/maceration: macerations USAGE EXAMPLESMeanwhile, make vinaigrette: Combine vinegar, shallots and pinch of salt in a bowl and let shallots macerate 10 minutes. Wall Street Journal(Nov 10, 2016) The first insulin he took was crude by today’s standards, extracted from the macerated pancreas of farm animals. Washington Post(Oct 31, 2016) In a bowl, combine the shallots, orange and lime juices and salt and allow to macerate for about 15 minutes. Los Angeles Times(Oct 28, 2016) 1v soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result macerate peaches the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system Hyper soften make soft or softer 2v separate into constituents by soaking Hyper separate divide into components or constituents 3v become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking the tissue macerated in the water Hyper soften become soft or softer 4v cause to grow thin or weak Syn|Hyper emaciate, waste debilitate, drain, enfeeble make weak |
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