v.使浸透；使充满；使饱和

adj.浸透的；饱和的；深颜色的

We were caught in the rain and came home saturated. 我们挨了雨淋, 回家时已浑身湿透。

The air was saturated with the perfume of the flowers. 空气中飘荡着花香。

The films manufactured by Hollywood are saturated in the cinemas all over the world. 在全世界电影市场上充斥着好莱坞的影片。

The market for used cars is saturated . 旧汽车市场已经饱和。

saturate的基本意思是“(使)饱和”,指吸收(液体等)而达到饱和状态,可浸泡,也可不浸泡。引申可指某物以恰当的尺度或最有效的程度来充满。

saturate只用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。

saturate接介词with,表示“浸透,充满”,用作比喻时,表示“精通”。