macerate

verb

1. 把（食物等）浸软；被浸软
   to make sth (especially food) soft by leaving it in a liquid; to become soft in this way

1. V-ERG 浸泡;浸渍;(使)浸透;(使)浸软
   If you macerate food, or if it macerates, you soak it in a liquid for a period of time so that it absorbs the liquid.
   1. I like to macerate the food in liqueur for a few minutes before serving...
      我喜欢先把这种食物在利口酒里浸泡几分钟再端上桌。
   2. Cognac is also used to macerate and flavour ingredients and casseroles...
      干邑白兰地也用于浸渍食材，给砂锅炖菜提味。
   3. Seal tightly then leave for four to five days to macerate.
      密封之后再浸泡4至5天。

1. I like to macerate the food in liqueur for a few minutes before serving
   我喜欢先把这种食物在利口酒里浸泡几分钟再端上桌。
2. Cognac is also used to macerate and flavour ingredients and casseroles
   干邑白兰地也用于浸渍食材，给砂锅炖菜提味。
3. An investigation of macerate extraction process for the Semen Plantaginis in Bazheng Mixture
   八正合剂中车前子浸渍提取工艺研究
4. The grapes are put into stainless steel vats where they macerate in cold during one week before beginning to ferment.
   拣选出的果实置入不锈钢槽冷浸一周才开始发酵。
5. Use it plasticity or be not macerate of plasticity polymer latex to reach dry hind, again the dissolvent that dip drops with can evaporating in last shoe process.
   将它用塑性或非塑性聚合物胶乳浸渍及干燥后，再浸以能在楦鞋过程蒸发掉的溶剂。
6. In order to examine these microscopic features of a piece of wood it is necessary either to macerate the sample or to prepare thin sections.
   为检查一块木材的显微特征，需将样品浸软离析或备成薄片。
7. That kind of force would macerate his internal organs.
   那种力量会浸软他的内脏。

verb

1. cause to grow thin or weak
   1. The treatment emaciated him

   Synonym:    wasteemaciate

2. soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
   1. macerate peaches
   2. the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system

3. become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking
   1. the tissue macerated in the water

4. separate into constituents by soaking