soaking 的 4 个定义
- to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
- to pass, as a liquid, through pores, holes, or the like: The rain soaked through the tear in the umbrella.
- to be thoroughly wet: Her shoes and socks were soaking and her feet were freezing.
- (5)
- to place or keep in liquid in order to saturate thoroughly; steep.
- to wet thoroughly; saturate or drench.
- to permeate thoroughly, as liquid or moisture does.
- (8)
- the act or state of soaking or the state of being soaked.
- the liquid in which anything is soaked.
- Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a habitual drinker of alcohol who is frequently intoxicated; a heavy drinker.
- Australian. any small area of land, as near a spring or at the foot of a hill, that becomes swamplike or holds water after a period of heavy rain.
- soak up, to absorb or take in or up by absorption: Blotting paper soaks up ink.to absorb with one's mind or senses; take in: to soak up information.Slang.to drink to excess: He can really soak up the booze.
soaking 近义词
drench, wet
更多soaking例句
- On the northeasternmost point of the U.S., pancake-like ployes are a daily staple, whether covered in syrup or soaking up gravy.
- Liquor made by soaking tiger bones in Chinese wine brings hefty prices on online exchanges.
- There are also indoor baths and a foot soaking area, the perfect antidote to a long day of pounding the trail.
- I felt like a really nice car, or a soaking tub, or a fireplace, or something that would drive the price of an apartment way up.
- Another cure is Kvass, a slightly alcoholic beverage made by soaking dried rye bread with sugar and yeast.
- Jim huddled himself up like the rest: the crew turned in soaking, and woke up steaming, just as the men do even nowadays.
- The dragon lies full length, half sleeping, on the soaking cloud.
- About 15 minutes of soaking will be sufficient to make them pliable enough to bend over at right angles.
- I will not permit you to take your soaking clothes upstairs.
- Fresh blood was soaking through the cloth around his shoulder—a strip of blue gingham torn from Nancy's dress, White Bear now saw.