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drencher

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

淋漓尽致,淋雨者,淋湿器,淋湿机

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Definitions

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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Even by day the Maruts create darkness with the water-bearing cloud, when they drench the earth.

  • Drench is the causative of drink: here the nominative of the verb is ‘Iris’ and the object ‘beds.’

  • Sometimes she was so weary that she sank down by the roadside and let130 the night-dew drench her aching limbs.

  • Epsom salt, in one ounce doses, given either as a gruel or a drench, will be found to answer the purpose well.

  • You will drench yourself in the blood of the innocent, only that you may do it—while no effect shall follow.'