aerate

• vt. 充氣；讓空氣進入；使暴露於空氣中

來自詞根aer, 空氣，同air .

aerate (v.)

1794, from Latin aer (genitive aeris; see air (n.1)) + verbal suffix -ate (2). Related: Aerated; aerating.

1. Aerate the soil by spiking with a fork.

用耙刨地使土壤透氣。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The potatoes were set outside to aerate.

馬鈴薯放到外麵通風.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. Each insect contributes something just as ants aerate the soil.

每一種昆蟲都貢獻了一些事情，就象螞蟻鬆土給土壤增加空氣一樣。

來自辭典例句

4. To aerate or oxygenate ( blood ).

提供氧氣向血液供氧或加氧於 ( 血 )

來自互聯網

5. It were an aquarium, complete with an air pump to aerate the runing water.

但最讓我難忘的禮物否則玩具,而是唯一帶空氣泵 、 能通氣的魚缸.

來自互聯網