| 单词 | aerate |
| 释义 | aerate (once / 19282 pages) v To aerate something is to put air into it. When a pastry chef whips cream, she aerates it, filling it with air until it's light and fluffy. Gardeners sometimes aerate soil with special spikes, allowing air to penetrate the surface and helping lawns or plants get more oxygen. If you aerate water or juice, you carbonate it, resulting in a fizzy soda. Cooking, baking, aquarium maintenance, and chemistry are just some of the activities that occasionally require someone to aerate some material. In Latin, aer means "air." WORD FAMILYaerate: aerated, aerates, aerating, aeration, aerator, de-aerate, deaerate+/aerated: unaerated/aeration: aerations/aerator: aerators/deaerate: deaerated USAGE EXAMPLESFinally, next spring aerate and overseed your lawn. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) For instance, earthworm burrows increase the amount of air and water in soil, making the land aerated and productive. National Geographic(Nov 06, 2016) “They don’t understand what it means to me/Where we chose to go,” she sings in an aerated tone, speaking softly from her defensive coil. New York Times(Sep 30, 2016) 1v impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen Syn|Hyper oxygenate, oxygenise, oxygenize process, treat subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition 2v expose to fresh air aerate your old sneakers Syn|Hyper air, air out expose expose or make accessible to some action or influence 3v aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter Syn|Hyper activate alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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