English Dictionary

saturate

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsæt͡ʃəˌɹeɪt/

動詞

比喩的用法

To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid). / (figuratively) To fill to excess.

日本語の意味

液体や他の物質によって完全に濡らす、染み込ませる。（特に液体で） / 比喩的に、過剰に満たす、充填する

The heavy rain will saturate the fields by morning.

激しい雨で朝までには畑が水浸しになるだろう。

意味（1）

To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).

Suppose, on the contrary, that a piece of charcoal saturated with hydrogen gas is put into a receiver filled with carbonic acid gas, […]

意味（2）

(figuratively) To fill to excess.

Modern television is saturated with violence.

意味（3）

To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.

One can saturate phosphorus with chlorine.

意味（4）

(optics) To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.

saturates （ present singular third-person ）

saturating （ participle present ）

saturated （ participle past ）

saturated （ past ）