資料來源 : pyDict
浸軟,消瘦把…浸軟,使消瘦
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Macerate \Mac"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Macerated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Macerating}.] [L. maceratus, p. p. of macerare to
make soft, weaken, enervate; cf. Gr. ? to knead.]
1. To make lean; to cause to waste away. [Obs. or R.]
--Harvey.
2. To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to
mortify. --Baker.
3. To soften by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat;
to wear away or separate the parts of by steeping; as, to
macerate animal or vegetable fiber.
資料來源 : WordNet®
macerate
v 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"
[syn: {waste}, {emaciate}]