adj. 饱和的；渗透的；深颜色的

v. 使渗透，使饱和（saturate的过去式）

wet moist damp soaked drenched dripping saturated These words all describe things covered with or full of liquid, especially water. 以上各词均形容物体等潮的、湿的。 wet covered with or full of liquid, especially water 指潮的、湿的、潮湿的： The car had skidded on the wet road. 汽车在湿路上打滑了。 You'll get wet (= in the rain) if you go out now. 你现在出去就会被淋湿。 moist slightly wet, often in a way that is pleasant or useful 指微湿的、湿润的、润泽的，常指是舒适或有益的： a lovely rich moist cake 可爱的松软味浓的蛋糕 damp slightly wet, often in a way that is unpleasant 指微湿的、潮湿的、湿度大的，常指令人不舒服的： The cottage was cold and damp. 这小屋又冷又湿。 soaked ( rather informal ) very wet 指湿透了： You're soaked through (= completely wet) ! 你都湿透了！ drenched very wet 指湿透了： We were caught in the storm and came home drenched to the skin. 我们遇上了暴雨，回到家时浑身湿透了。 用soaked还是drenched？ Both of these words can be used with with or in . 上述两词均可与with或in连用： soaked/drenched with/in sweat/blood 大汗淋漓；浸透了鲜血 Soaked but not usually drenched can also be used before a noun. soaked亦可用于名词前，drenched通常不这样用： their soaked clothes 他们湿透了的衣服 their drenched clothes dripping [not usually before noun] very wet 指湿淋淋的： Her face was dripping with sweat. 她脸上汗水淋淋。 His clothes were still dripping wet . 他的衣服还是湿淋淋的。 注释 Dripping is almost always used in one of these two patterns. dripping几乎总是用于上述两种句型中的一种。 saturated very wet 指湿透、浸透： The ground is completely saturated: it would be pointless to plant anything. 地已经浸透，种什么东西都是白搭。 常用搭配 wet / moist / damp / soaked / drenched / dripping / saturated with sth soaked / drenched / saturated in sth to be / get wet / moist / damp / soaked / drenched / saturated sb's coat / shirt / shoes / clothes / hair is / are wet / damp / soaked / drenched / drippin