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单词 saturate
释义 sat·u·rate
I. \ˈsachəˌrāt, usu -ād.+V\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin saturatus, past participle of saturare to fill, saturate, from satur full of food, satiated — more at sad
1. : to cloy with overabundance : sate, surfeit
 < a surfeit of war and massive injustice have saturated our capacity for moral indignation — John Barkham >
2. : to satisfy the affinity of (a substance) : cause to combine till there is no further tendency to combine : neutralize
 < saturate an acid with an alkali >
3.
 a. : to infuse thoroughly or cause to be pervaded : soak, steep
  < saturate a sponge with water >
  < the whole house was saturated with the aroma — Ellen Glasgow >
  < moonglow … saturates an empty sky — Henry Miller >
 b. : to fill completely : imbue
  < the novel … is saturated with individualism and liberal culture — V.S.Pritchett >
  < this little town with its giant elms is saturated with … traditions — E.A.Weeks >
  < literary men saturate themselves in attitudes that have become irrelevant — H.J.Muller >
 c. : to load to capacity : crowd, deluge
  < jet operations already saturate all air space between 20,000 ft. and 40,000 ft. — Time >
  < the two-million dollar … campaign, which saturated radio and television for two weeks before election day — Robert Bendiner >
 specifically : to furnish to an amount which meets present and prospective demands at current prices
  < believed that 8000 machines … would about saturate the market — Bryan Morgan >
 d.
  (1) : to overwhelm (an air defense system) by sending in so many airplanes in a unit of time that detecting and tracking equipment becomes erratic
  (2) : to blanket (a target area) with bombs or projectiles to the point of utter destruction
4.
 a. : to impregnate with a vapor to the maximum degree possible at the existing temperature and pressure
  < saturate air with water vapor >
 b. : to dissolve in (a solvent) as much of a solute as can be held in solution at the existing temperature and pressure
 c. : to magnetize (a substance) until further increase of magnetizing force produces no increase in magnetization
 d. : to increase the voltage on (a vacuum tube or other device) until further voltage increase produces no change in current
Synonyms: see permeate
II. \ˈsach(ə)rə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ adjective
Etymology: Latin saturatus, past participle of saturare to saturate
: saturated
 < seaweed can loll in the water, buoyed by it and even saturate with it — D.C.Peattie >
 < words … have become enriched by many associations, saturate with many colors — Havelock Ellis >
 < a saturate solution of silver >
III. noun
(-s)
: a saturated chemical compound
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