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drenching

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

淋漓尽致,淋淋漓漓,淋淋漓漓的,淋漓尽致的

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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

  • I blasted the Beastie Boys and chemically straightened my curls, drenching them with Sun-In until I, too, had long, golden waves.

  • The wind is fierce—gusts are blowing rain like wet bullets, drenching everything.

  • Defensiveness has swept over the culture like a giant wave, drenching daily choices in cold water.

  • But the Scots did not come, and between drenching rains and lack of provisions145 his troops were worn out in body and in temper.

  • In the two English camps about twenty were down at the same time, and exposed the men to all the drenching rain.

  • The summits of the higher ones were constantly swept by the flakes of foam, and promised nothing but an inhospitable drenching.

  • One of the committee rode into Savannah, through a drenching rain, to report to General Grover.

  • By day, we lay and slept in the drenching heather; by night, incessantly clambered upon breakneck hills and among rude crags.