macerate

英 ['mæsəreɪt] 美 ['mæsəreɪt]

• v. 浸软；消瘦

英英释义

Verb:

1. separate into constituents by soaking

2. become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking;

   "the tissue macerated in the water"
   

3. soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result;

   "macerate peaches"
   "the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system"
   

4. cause to grow thin or weak;

   "The treatment emaciated him"
   

经典引文

• More complete mastication is performed after the food has been long macerated in the paunch.

  出自： R. B. Todd

近反义词

【近义词】

• soften (使)变柔和
• soak 使浸透
• steep 险峻的
• marinate (做色拉时将肉鱼等在调味...
• marinade 腌泡汁
• deliquesce 潮解
• break up 结束，散会
• separate 分开的
• mash 麦芽浆
• pulp 果肉
• puree 菜泥
• starve 挨饿
• fast 快的
• slim 苗条的
• lose weight 减肥
• reduce 减少
• waste 废物
• emaciate (使)消瘦