aerate /'eareit; 'es,ret/ vt [VP6A] charge (a liquid) with air or gas; expose to the chemical purifying action of air: 充氣于 (液體); 暴露于空氣凈化作用中; 灌氣： ~ the soil by digging. 挖掘使土壤暴露于空氣凈化作用。 Blood is ~d in the lungs. 血液在肺部與氧結合。 aeration /ea'reijn; , es'resn/ n