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drenched

/drench/US // drɛntʃ //UK // (drɛntʃ) //

淋漓尽致,全身湿透,淋漓尽致的,全身湿透的

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to wet thoroughly; soak.
    • : to saturate by immersion in a liquid; steep.
    • : to cover or fill completely; bathe: trees drenched with sunlight.
    • : Veterinary Medicine. to administer a draft of medicine to, especially by force: to drench a horse.
    • : Archaic. to cause to drink.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of drenching.
    • : something that drenches: a drench of rain.
    • : a preparation for drenching or steeping.
    • : a solution, especially one of fermenting bran, for drenching hides or skins.
    • : a large drink or draft.
    • : a draft of medicine, especially one administered to an animal by force.
    • : Horticulture. a mixture of pesticide and water applied to the soil surrounding a plant.

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Examples

  • Will the transition of power from one Kim to another become drenched in even more blood?

  • Even by the already money-drenched standards of American politics, the Eldridge campaign was a jaw-dropping spectacle to behold.

  • In the old days, drenched in racism as the South was, it was economically populist.

  • Concerned citizens took to social media, tweeting photos of animals drenched in oil.

  • The experience is intended to emulate being taken hostage, which feels strange in these very real ISIS horror-drenched times.

  • There were those who saw him lying on the ground, still in death, his bosom drenched in blood.

  • Fortunately, the water was not deep, and quickly the drenched animal and man were pulled from the water.

  • Here, being suddenly drenched by spray from one of the engines, Sam and Tommy made for the shelter of a chimney-stack.

  • The seas breaking in heavy masses on the pier-head drenched the two men as they bent their heads to resist the roaring blast.

  • Nor did he know that he was cold, until he returned to the house with drenched garments and a chill which he felt to his bones.