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hydrate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hy·drate1 /ˈhaɪdreɪt/ verb [transitive]  to supply someone or something with water to keep them healthy and in good condition 供给水分 OPP dehydrate After you run, drink plenty of water to stay well hydrated. 跑步后要多喝水,以保持体内水分充足。nGrammar Hydrate is usually passive.hydration /haɪˈdreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
hydrateMany of the rescued birds are being hydrated with electrolytes and kept warm on a heating pad.
Related topics: Chemistry
hydrate2 noun [countable] technical  HCa chemical substance that contains water 水合物,水化物
Examples from the Corpus
hydrateAnimals were kept under light anaesthesia thereafter with ip chloral hydrate.Another large reservoir of fossil fuels, solid gas hydrates, has recently come to public recognition.
Origin hydrate2 (1800-1900) hydro-
hy·drate1 verbn GRAMMAR1hydrate2 nounLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
supply keep Corpus something someone or water with to to


hydrate
I
hydrate1 /ˈhaɪdreɪt/ verb [transitive usually passive]
to supply someone or something with water to keep them healthy and in good condition
   OPP  dehydrate:
    After you run, drink plenty of water to stay well hydrated.
—hydration /haɪˈdreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]

II
hydrate2 noun [countable] technical
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: hydro-
a chemical substance that contains water


hy·drateBrE /ˈhaɪdreɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhaɪdreɪt/ 🔊BrE /haɪˈdreɪt/ 🔊NAmE /haɪˈdreɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they hydrate BrE /ˈhaɪdreɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhaɪdreɪt/ 🔊 BrE /haɪˈdreɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /haɪˈdreɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it hydrates BrE /ˈhaɪdreɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhaɪdreɪts/ 🔊 BrE /haɪˈdreɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /haɪˈdreɪts/ 🔊past simple hydrated BrE /ˈhaɪdreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhaɪdreɪtɪd/ 🔊 BrE /haɪˈdreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /haɪˈdreɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle hydrated BrE /ˈhaɪdreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhaɪdreɪtɪd/ 🔊 BrE /haɪˈdreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /haɪˈdreɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form hydrating BrE /ˈhaɪdreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhaɪdreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 BrE /haɪˈdreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /haɪˈdreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (specialist) to make sth absorb water 使水合;使吸入水分;使成水合物;使水化 hy·dra·tion BrE /haɪˈdreɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /haɪˈdreɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]   compare dehydrate