Word · Frequency #13741
saturate
浸透；浸湿；使湿透
to make something completely wet, especially by soaking it in a liquid
- 1.
To cause to become completely permeated with, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
使完全渗透或浸透(尤指液体)。
- 2.
To fill thoroughly or to excess.
充分填满或过量填充。
- 3.
To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
满足亲和力；通过化学结合使其所能容纳的全部物质结合,从而使该物质变为惰性。
- 4.
To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.
使纯净,或使颜色不含白光。
使充满；使充斥；使（溶液）饱和；使（颜色）更鲜艳；提高（颜色）饱和度；使完全渗透或浸透(尤指液体)。；充分填满或过量填充。
In use
The heavy rain saturated the soil, causing the roots to rot.
The market is saturated with similar products, making it hard to stand out.
She saturated the cloth with detergent before scrubbing the stain.
saturate something with something
多用于物理浸透。
She saturated the sponge with water.
她用海绵吸饱了水。
saturate something
常用于商业或抽象概念。
The company saturated the market with their new product.
这家公司的新产品充斥了市场。
be saturated with something
被动形式，表示充满。
Connections
Collocations
- saturate the market
- 使市场饱和
- Their strategy was to saturate the market with cheap smartphones.他们的策略是用廉价智能手机使市场饱和。
- saturate with water
- 用水浸透
- Saturate the sponge with water before applying the soap.在涂肥皂前用水浸透海绵。
- saturate the soil
- 浸透土壤
- The constant rain saturated the soil and caused a landslide.持续的雨水浸透了土壤，引发了山体滑坡。
- saturate the air
- 弥漫在空气中
- The smell of fresh coffee saturated the air in the kitchen.新鲜咖啡的气味弥漫在厨房的空气中。
- saturate a solution
- 使溶液饱和
- Add salt to the water until you saturate the solution.往水里加盐，直到溶液饱和。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把海绵泡进水里，直到它吸饱、再也吸不进——就是 saturate（饱和/浸透）。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：cooking、chemistry、cleaning saturate 表示“浸透、使湿透”时，语气比 soak 稍正式，通常用于书面或技术性说明，如烹饪、化学实验或清洁场景。
Pronunciation & Spelling
说明：saturate 末尾的 -ate 读 /eɪt/，但它是非重读音节，因此与 crate、create、late、state 只是词尾读音相同，不算严格押韵。great 也读 /ɡreɪt/，但拼写是 -eat。注意 sat 看似是 saturate 的开头，实际读 /sæt/，而不是 /sætʃə/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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