/ˈsætʃəreɪt/
with obj.(一般作be saturated)
1- cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with water or other liquid so that no more can be absorbed浸透, 浸润, 渗透; 使湿透：
the soil is saturated
泥土吸饱了水。
1.1
- cause (a substance) to combine with, dissolve, or hold the greatest possible quantity of another substance使大量吸收, 使饱和：
the groundwater is saturated with calcium hydroxide.
地表水充满氢氧化钙。
1.2
- magnetize or charge (a substance or device) fully饱和磁化。
1.3
- Electronics put (a device) into a state in which no further increase in current is achievable【电子】饱和充电。
1.4
- [一般作be saturated with] figurative fill (something or someone) with something until no more can be held or absorbed〈喻〉充满; 使饱享：
they've become thoroughly saturated with powerful and seductive messages from the media.
他们从媒体得到了大量煽情诱人的消息。
1.5
- supply (a market) beyond the point at which the demand for a product is satisfied充斥（市场）, 使（市场）供大于求：
Japan's electronics industry began to saturate the world markets.
日本的电子工业开始使世界市场供大于求。
1.6
- overwhelm (an enemy target area) by concentrated bombing饱和轰炸。
派生词
saturable
adjective （technical 〈技〉）词源
late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense satisfied)： from Latin saturat- 'filled, glutted', from the verb saturare, from satur 'full'. The early sense of the verb （mid 16th cent.） was 'satisfy'; the noun dates from the 1950s.