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    macerate

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    ma·cer·ate /ˈmæsəreɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] technical  TIto make something soft by leaving it in water, or to become soft in this way （把…）泡软，（把…）浸软    → See Verb table    Origin macerate (1500-1600) Latin past participle of macerare “to soften, macerate”
    ma·cer·ate verbChineseSyllable
    soft to Corpus leaving by something in water, make it


    macerate
    ma‧cer‧ate /ˈmæsəreɪt/ verb [intransitive and transitive] technical
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Latin
     Origin: past participle of macerare 'to soften, macerate'
    to make something soft by leaving it in water, or to become soft in this way


    ma·cer·ateBrE /ˈmæsəreɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmæsəreɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they macerate BrE /ˈmæsəreɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmæsəreɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it macerates BrE /ˈmæsəreɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmæsəreɪts/ 🔊past simple macerated BrE /ˈmæsəreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmæsəreɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle macerated BrE /ˈmæsəreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmæsəreɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form macerating BrE /ˈmæsəreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmæsəreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth) (specialist) to make sth (especially food) soft by leaving it in a liquid; to become soft in this way 把（食物等）浸软；被浸软