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macerated

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

浸渍的,浸渍,浸泡过的,浸泡的

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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

  • When the machinery had been stopped, it was found that Mr. Jones's arms and legs were macerated to a jelly.

  • This material was thoroughly macerated and put into ten-liter bottles with ether.

  • This point may easily be determined by means of longitudinal sections, or less easily from an examination of macerated specimens.

  • There is no part of the Christian body with which the Turkish saddle comes in contact that does not become more or less macerated.

  • Owing to the substances on which the animal feeds, it consists of little but macerated fragments of aromatic shrubs.