soak
verb /səʊk/
/səʊk/
动词形式
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they soak | /səʊk/ /səʊk/ |
| he / she / it soaks | /səʊks/ /səʊks/ |
| past simple soaked | /səʊkt/ /səʊkt/ |
| past participle soaked | /səʊkt/ /səʊkt/ |
| -ing form soaking | /ˈsəʊkɪŋ/ /ˈsəʊkɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to put something in liquid for a time so that it becomes completely wet; to become completely wet in this way
浸泡；浸湿；浸透；湿透 - soak something (in something) I usually soak the beans overnight.
我通常把豆子泡一夜。 - If you soak the tablecloth before you wash it, the stains should come out.
先把桌布浸一浸再洗，污迹就能去掉。 - soak something with something He soaked the cloth with petrol.
他用汽油浸泡那块布。 - soak (in something) Leave the apricots to soak for 20 minutes.
把杏子浸泡 20 分钟。 - I'm going to go and soak in the bath.
我要去泡个澡。 - Soak the clothes in cold water.
把衣服泡在冷水里。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- thoroughly
- overnight
- …
- leave something to
- let something
- in
- into
- through
- …
- soak something (in something) I usually soak the beans overnight.
- [transitive] soak somebody/something to make somebody/something completely wet
使湿透；把…浸湿 - A sudden shower of rain soaked the spectators.
突如其来的一阵雨把观众淋了个透。
- A sudden shower of rain soaked the spectators.
- [intransitive] (of a liquid
液体 渗入；渗透 - soak through something Blood had soaked through the bandage.
血透过绷带渗了出来。 - The rain had soaked through every layer of his clothing.
他的衣服里里外外都让雨淋透了。 - soak into something Water dripped off the table and soaked into the carpet.
水从桌上滴下来，渗到地毯里去了。
- soak through something Blood had soaked through the bandage.
- [transitive] soak somebody (informal) to obtain a lot of money from somebody by making them pay very high taxes or prices
向（某人）敲竹杠；宰（某人）；向（某人）征收重税 - He was accused of soaking his clients.
他被指控向客户敲竹杠。
- He was accused of soaking his clients.
词源Old English socian ‘become saturated with a liquid by immersion’; related to sūcan ‘to suck’.