saturate
saturate
verb
saturable
adjective
verb
- [with obj.](一般作 be saturated)cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with water or other liquid so that no more can be absorbed
浸透，浸润，渗透；使湿透
the soil is saturated.
泥土吸饱了水。
■cause (a substance) to combine with, dissolve, or hold the greatest possible quantity of another substance
使大量吸收，使饱和
the groundwater is saturated with calcium hydroxide.
地表水充满氢氧化钙。
■magnetize or charge (a substance or device) fully
饱和磁化
■(Electronics)put (a device) into a state in which no further increase in current is achievable
(电子)饱和充电
■(一般作 be saturated with)(figurative)fill (something or someone) with something until no more can be held or absorbed
(喻)充满；使饱享
they've become thoroughly saturated with powerful and seductive messages from the media.
他们从媒体得到了大量煽情诱人的消息。
■supply (a market) beyond the point at which the demand for a product is satisfied
充斥（市场），使（市场）供大于求
Japan's electronics industry began to saturate the world markets.
日本的电子工业开始使世界市场供大于求。
■overwhelm (an enemy target area) by concentrated bombing
饱和轰炸
- (一般作 saturates)a saturated fat
饱和脂肪
- (poetic/literary)saturated with moisture
(诗／文)湿透的
saturable
adjective
- (technical)(技).)
- late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense satisfied): from Latin saturat- 'filled, glutted', from the verb saturare, from satur 'full'. The early sense of the verb (mid 16th cent.) was 'satisfy'; the noun dates from the 1950s
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