v.使浸透；使充滿；使飽和

adj.浸透的；飽和的；深顏色的

We lay on the beach, saturated in sunshine. 我們躺在沙灘上，沐浴在陽光里。

We were caught in the rain and came home saturated. 我們挨了雨淋, 回家時已渾身濕透。

The air was saturated with the perfume of the flowers. 空氣中飄蕩著花香。

The films manufactured by Hollywood are saturated in the cinemas all over the world. 在全世界電影市場上充斥著好萊塢的影片。

The market for used cars is saturated . 舊汽車市場已經(jīng)飽和。

saturate的基本意思是“(使)飽和”,指吸收(液體等)而達到飽和狀態(tài),可浸泡,也可不浸泡。引申可指某物以恰當?shù)某叨然蜃钣行У某潭葋沓錆M。

saturate只用作及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語,可用于被動結(jié)構(gòu)。

saturate接介詞with,表示“浸透,充滿”,用作比喻時,表示“精通”。