sink in
phrasal verbsink in
- (of words, an event, etc.
) to be fully understood or realized话语、事情等 被完全理解;被充分意识到 - He paused to allow his words to sink in.
他停了一下,好让人充分领会他的意思。 - The full scale of the disaster has yet to sink in.
人们还没有完全意识到这场灾难的严重程度。 - It took a moment for the implications of what she was saying to sink in.
过了一会儿,她说的话的含义才被理解。
- He paused to allow his words to sink in.
- (also sink into something)(of liquids
) to go down into another substance through the surface液体 渗透;渗入 - The rain sank into the dry ground.
雨水渗进了干地里。
- The rain sank into the dry ground.