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soaking

/sohk/US // soʊk //UK // (səʊk) //

浸泡,浸湿,泡水,泡澡

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    • : 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.
    • : to penetrate or become known to the mind or feelings: The lesson didn't soak in.
    • : Informal. to drink immoderately, especially alcoholic beverages: They were soaking at the bar.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : 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.
    • : Metallurgy. to heat for reworking.
    • : Informal. to intoxicate by drinking an excess of liquor.
    • : Slang. to beat hard; punish severely: I was soaked for that mistake.
    • : to extract or remove by or as by soaking: to soak a stain out of a napkin.
    • : Slang. to overcharge: He was soaked by the waiter.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.
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    • : 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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdrench, wet

Examples

  • 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.