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aerate vt. 使暴露于空气中,使充满气体 使暴露於空气中,使充满气体 aerate v 1: expose to fresh air; " aerate your old sneakers" [ synonym: { air out}, { air}, { aerate}] 2: aerate ( sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter [ synonym: { activate}, { aerate}] 3: impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; " oxygenate blood" [ synonym: { oxygenate}, { oxygenize}, { oxygenise}, { aerate}] Aerate \ A"[" e] r* ate\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { A[" e] rated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { A[" e] rating}.] [ Cf. F. a[' e] rer. See { Air}, v. t.] 1. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air. [ 1913 Webster] His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from a[" e] rated natural fountains. -- Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to a[" e] rate soil; to a[" e] rate water. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Physiol.) To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate ( the blood) by respiration; to arterialize. [ 1913 Webster] 4. cause a change by passing air through ( of sewage) Syn: activate [ WordNet 1. 5] { A[" e] rated bread}, bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation. [ 1913 Webster] 53 Moby Thesaurus words for " aerate": aerify, air, air out, air- condition, air- cool, airify, atomize, beat, carbonate, chlorinate, cream, cross- ventilate, distill, emit, etherify, etherize, evaporate, exhale, fan, fluidize, foam, fractionate, freshen, froth, fume, fumigate, gasify, give off, hydrogenate, lather, mantle, oxygenate, oxygenize, perfume, reek, refresh, scum, send out, smoke, spray, spume, steam, sublimate, sublime, sud, suds, vaporize, ventilate, volatilize, whip, whisk, wind, winnow
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