Impregnate

(verb.) make pregnant; 'He impregnated his wife again'.

(verb.) fertilize and cause to grow; 'the egg was impregnated'.

(verb.) infuse or fill completely; 'Impregnate the cloth with alcohol'.

(verb.) fill, as with a certain quality; 'The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide'.

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• In order to employ the compound prepare a solution either in water, alcohol, or other suitable solvent and immerse in or impregnate with such solutions the organic substances to be operated upon. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The latter is not motivated and impregnated with a sense of reality by being intermingled with the realities of everyday life. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The rails were insulated from the ties by giving them two coats of japan, baking them in the oven, and then placing them on pads of tar-impregnated muslin laid on the ties. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The street was very narrow and muddy, and the air was impregnated with filthy odours. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Suddenly, the atmosphere was impregnated with the odour of the Indian berry, which grew in immense quantities around me. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The sultry air impregnated with dust, the heat and smoke of burning palaces, palsied my limbs. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The apparatus for the manufacture of soda-water, as it is usually made on a large scale, consists of a strong vessel, furnished with a safety valve, in which the water is impregnated with gas. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The sky was blue above, and the air impregnated with fragrance by the rare flowers that grew among the weeds. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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