[mass noun]the state or process that occurs when no more of something can be absorbed, combined with, or added 饱和(状态) ■(Chemistry)the degree or extent to which something is dissolved or absorbed compared with the maximum possible, usually expressed as a percentage (化)饱和状态,饱和作用,饱和程度 ■[as modifier]to a very full extent, especially beyond the point regarded as necessary or desirable 饱和的,过度的 saturation bombing. 饱和轰炸。 ■(亦作 colour saturation)(especially in photography) the intensity of a colour, expressed as the degree to which it differs from white (尤指照相的)色饱和度
语源
mid 16th cent.: from late Latin saturatio(n-), from Latin saturare 'fill, glut' (see saturate)