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macerate

/mas-uh-reyt/US // ˈmæs əˌreɪt //UK // (ˈmæsəˌreɪt) //

浸渍,浸泡,浸润,浸渍法

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v.有主动词 verb
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    mac·er·at·ed, mac·er·at·ing.

    • : to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
    • : to soften or decompose by the action of a solvent.
    • : to cause to grow thin.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    mac·er·at·ed, mac·er·at·ing.

    • : to undergo maceration.
    • : to become thin or emaciated; waste away.

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Examples

  • Transfer the macerated mixture to a heavy-bottomed 6-quart pot or preserving pan set over medium-high heat.

  • As its name implies, it’s made by macerating chopped vanilla bean pods in alcohol, which extracts the flavors and fragrances from the bean.

  • Even my windowsill herbs feel destined to be tossed into a jar of macerated fruit.

  • Animal welfare activists have been lobbying against male chick culling for decades, chronicling cute and fuzzy day-old chicks who are gassed or macerated.

  • Press out all the whey from the curd and macerate the latter for several hours (10 to 12 hours) in 50 cc.

  • For those who macerate the body, and long to put on immortality, are only in a kind of dream.

  • Macerate the drugs with alcohol and water, and after a few days transfer to percolator.

  • Macerate in a close vessel for a fortnight, then filter and bottle for sale.

  • Allow the whole to macerate in the spirit during 24 hours, then distil off 40 gallons by the heat of a water bath.