• vt. 充气；让空气进入；使暴露于空气中

来自词根aer, 空气，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.

用耙刨地使土壤透气。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The potatoes were set outside to aerate.

马铃薯放到外面通风.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

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

每一种昆虫都贡献了一些事情，就象蚂蚁松土给土壤增加空气一样。

来自辞典例句

4. To aerate or oxygenate ( blood ).

提供氧气向血液供氧或加氧于 ( 血 )

来自互联网

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

但最让我难忘的礼物否则玩具,而是唯一带空气泵 、 能通气的鱼缸.

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