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    To aerate something is to get air, or another gas, into it. aerate soil by making holes so rain and air can go down to the roots — a lawn full of little plugs has been aerated. Drink-makers aerate water to make it fizzy. Plants that clean dirty water aerate it so tiny living things can break the waste down. The idea is always the same: the stuff is too closed or too still, and you open it to gas. It is a quiet, practical verb. You will see it on garden tools, on bottles, and in science class, not much in stories. You aerate a thing (the soil, the water); you do not aerate a person.

    充氣；使土壤透氣；曝氣（水處理）

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組成From Latin aer (air) + the English verb ending -ate (to make or to put). So: to put air into. Compare French aérer.

同家族的字

  • aerialsame Latin aer, air: of the air
  • aerationthe noun: the act of putting air in
  • aerobicsame aer: using oxygen, as in aerobic exercise

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

aerateverb/ˈɛːɹeɪt/

  • 1

    To supply with oxygen or air.

    • Blood is aerated in the lungs.
  • 2

    To bubble or sparge with a gas, especially oxygen or air.

    • Carbon dioxide aerated the drink and made it fizzy.
  • 3

    To incorporate a gas, especially oxygen or air, into a solid or semisolid material.

    • The mousse was aerated by beating rapidly.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。