单词 | saturate |
释义 | saturate verb UK [ˈsæt.jʊ.reɪt] US [-jʊr.eɪt] MAKE WET 弄湿 transitive often passive ■to make something or someone completely wet 使湿透;浸透;渗透 •The grass had been saturated by overnight rain.一夜的雨把草地淋透了。 •He had cut his leg badly, and his trousers were saturated with/in verb UK [ˈsæt.jʊ.reɪt] US [-jʊr.eɪt]FILL 充满 transitive ■to fill a thing or place completely so that no more can be added 使充满;使饱和 •The police saturated (= A large number of police officers were sent into) the area in an attempt to find the missing child.大批员警被派往该地区寻找失踪的孩童。 saturate the market ■to provide too much of a product so that there is more of this product available than there are people who want to buy it 使市场饱和 •Since the US market has now been saturated, drug dealers are looking to Europe.由于美国的市场现在已经饱和,毒贩们开始转向欧洲。 noun countable usually plural uncountable UK [ˈsæt.jʊ.rət] US [-jʊr-/■a saturated fat Compare polyunsaturate |
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