aerate
/ˈeəreɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈereɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈer-ˌāt/ (ame, mw)
aerate — 動詞
- aeratepresent simple I / you / we / they
- aerateshe / she / it
- aeratedpast simple
- aerating-ing form
1. To add air or gas to a liquid — for example, to make it fizzy, to soften its fla
充氣；打氣
將空氣或氣體加入液體中
To add air or gas to a liquid — for example, to make it fizzy, to soften its flavour by letting it breathe, or to create foam. Common examples include carbonating soft drinks, aerating wine by pouring it into a decanter, and steaming milk for coffee.
When you aerate white wine, you let it mix with air so that its flavour becomes softer and rounder.
當你把白酒充氣時，你讓它與空氣混合，使風味變得更柔和圓潤。
pattern: aerate + by letting [it] mix with air
At the bottling plant, workers aerate the lemonade by injecting carbon dioxide before sealing the cans.
在裝瓶廠，工人將二氧化碳注入檸檬水中使其充氣，然後密封罐子。
collocation: aerate + by injecting [gas]
Mei-ling did not like the flat taste of the water, so she aerated it using a small soda machine on the counter.
Mei-ling 不喜歡喝起來平淡的白開水，於是她用桌上的小氣泡水機把水打氣。
Baristas at the coffee shop aerate the milk by forcing hot steam through it to create a thick foam.
咖啡店的吧檯手用高壓蒸氣穿過牛奶將其打氣，以做出濃厚的奶泡。
- still
describes a drink that has not been aerated; used as an adjective ('still water') rather than a verb antonym
文法句型
aerate + object (liquid)
aerate + object + with/by + method
常見錯誤
2. When you aerate soil or grass, you make small holes in it so that air can move t
鬆土；通氣
在土壤或草皮上打孔以利空氣流通
When you aerate soil or grass, you make small holes in it so that air can move through and reach the roots of the plants. This helps the roots breathe and allows water and nutrients to sink in more easily.
Gardeners aerate the lawn every spring by walking over it with a roller that has metal spikes.
園丁每年春天用帶有金屬尖刺的滾輪在草坪上滾動，為草地鬆土通氣。
collocation: aerate the lawn
After the heavy rain, David aerated the compacted soil around his tomato plants to help the roots dry out.
大雨過後，David 為番茄周圍壓實的土壤鬆土通氣，幫助根部風乾。
collocation: aerate + compacted soil
You should aerate your garden beds once a year so that water and nutrients can reach the plant roots more easily.
你應該每年為花圃鬆土一次，這樣水分和養分才能更容易到達植物的根部。
The park workers aerated the grass near the playground to help it recover after a long, wet winter.
公園工作人員為遊樂場旁的草地打孔通氣，幫助草地在漫長潮濕的冬季後恢復生機。
- compact
to press soil down so that air cannot circulate; the opposite of aerating
文法句型
aerate + object (soil/lawn/grass)
aerate + object + by + [method]
用法筆記
The object of this sense is almost always soil, grass, or lawn — not the plants themselves. You aerate the ground, not the plant.