soak

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soak1 /səʊk $ soʊk/ ●●○ verb  1  [intransitive, transitive]DFCDHC if you soak something, or if you let it soak, you keep it covered with a liquid for a period of time, especially in order to make it softer or easier to clean 浸，泡 Soak the clothes in cold water. 把衣服浸泡在冷水里。 Let the pans soak; I’ll wash them later. 把锅泡着吧，我过一会儿再洗。soak something off/out (=remove it by soaking) 浸掉某物，浸除某物 Put the bottle in soapy water to soak the label off. 把瓶子放到肥皂水里，把商标泡掉。2  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]WET to make something completely wet 使〔某物〕湿透，把〔某物〕浸湿 Police aimed water hoses at the marchers, soaking them. 警察把水龙带对准游行示威者，把他们冲得浑身湿透。soak through/into etc The blood soaked through the bandage. 血浸透了绷带。soak something in/with something a rag soaked with oil 浸满了油的抹布3  [intransitive]DCB to spend a long time taking a bath 长时间泡浴 Soak in a warm bath to relax. 泡一个热水澡，放松一下。4  [transitive] informalPETEXPENSIVE to make someone pay too much money in prices or taxes 向…敲竹杠[征重税] taxes that soak the middle classes 向中产阶级征的重税5 soak something ↔ up phrasal verb a) TAKE something FROM SOMEWHEREif something soaks up a liquid, it takes the liquid into itself 吸收，吸干〔液体〕 He used a towel to soak up the blood. 他用毛巾把血吸掉。b) soak up the sun/rays/sunshine etcDNDLO to sit outside for a long time enjoying the sun 晒太阳，沐浴在阳光下c) to enjoy a place by watching it or becoming involved in it 享受，感受 Go to a sidewalk café, order coffee, and soak up the atmosphere. 找一家街头咖啡馆，点上一杯咖啡，享受那里的气氛。d) LEARNto learn something quickly and easily 〔迅速而轻松地〕吸 收，学会 Children soak up language incredibly quickly. 小孩子学语言快得让人难以置信。→ See Verb table

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soak• If you don't take your umbrella, you're going to get soaked.• Soak a piece of cotton in water and use it to clean the wound.• Let the pan soak a while before you scrub it.• Tough stains should be soaked before washing.• In a cabin soaked in pure oxygen at greater than atmospheric pressure for five hours, almost anything bums.• The rain had come in through the bottom of our tent and completely soaked our clothes.• Soak the beans overnight before cooking.• a tax designed to soak the rich• One side of his immaculate jacket was soaked through and spiked with broken glass.• Other ethnic groups also seem to have trooped to Azusa Street to soak up the new shower of blessing.• Others will take it easier, relax in the garden and soak up the sun.• Her dress soaked up the water from his body.• We lay on the glossy sand as the waves rustled up, soaked us and retreated.soak something off/out• Soak the label off the jar.soak through/into etc• One side of his immaculate jacket was soaked through and spiked with broken glass.• Donna could feel perspiration soaking into her blouse and droplets beading on her forehead.• Sweating profusely, soaking through his robe, Havens raises his ax in triumph and walks off the makeshift stage.• A piece of shrapnel had torn into his belly and the blood had soaked through the field dressing and was attracting flies.• I lost the edges of myself and began to soak into the floorboards.• When the water drops, the substances drift back along the passageways and soak into the water table.• It was the wickedness that soaks into your blood and slowly heats up and begins to boil.• You were already soaking wet from sweating, so the dust would just soak into your clothes and your skin.

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soak2 noun [singular]  1  DCBa long and enjoyable time spent taking a bath 〔长时间、舒服的〕泡浴 I had a good long soak in the bath. 我在浴缸里舒舒服服地泡了很长时间。2  DHCWASH British English when you soak something 浸泡 Give the towels a good soak, they’re very dirty. 把毛巾好好泡一泡，太脏了。3. an old soak DFDDRUNKsomeone who is often drunk – used humorously 酒鬼，经常喝醉的人〔幽默用法〕

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soak• She puts them in the washing machine, on long soak, and removes every trace.had ... soak• He claimed to have been painting; he also had trousers soaked in red lead.• Sweat, rapidly cooling, had soaked his pyjamas.• The Deans, retirees in their 60s, say firefighters had soaked the land near their house and saved it.• Paul D looked at the spot where the grief had soaked him.• If he had soaked this magic in as a child, then the faint outlines of Xanadu could be discerned.• Like her riding dress, it had been soaked and roughly dried.• The rain had soaked into his cloak as he slept, and it hung in heavy damp folds on his shoulders.• Despite having been in the open for only a few seconds, they had been soaked.Origin soak1 Old English socian

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soak¹ /səʊk $ soʊk/ verb1. [intransitive and transitive] if you soak something, or if you let it soak, you keep it covered with a liquid for a period of time, especially in order to make it softer or easier to clean:
    Soak the clothes in cold water.
    Let the pans soak; I’ll wash them later.
    soak something off/out (=remove it by soaking)
    Put the bottle in soapy water to soak the label off.
2. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to make something completely wet:
    Police aimed water hoses at the marchers, soaking them.
    soak through/into etc
    The blood soaked through the bandage.
    soak something in/with something
    a rag soaked with oil
3. [intransitive] to spend a long time taking a bath:
    Soak in a warm bath to relax.
4. [transitive] informal to make someone pay too much money in prices or taxes:
    taxes that soak the middle classes
     
soak something ↔ up phrasal verb
  1. if something soaks up a liquid, it takes the liquid into itself:
    He used a towel to soak up the blood.
  2. soak up the sun/rays/sunshine etc to sit outside for a long time enjoying the sun
  3. to enjoy a place by watching it or becoming involved in it:
    Go to a sidewalk café, order coffee, and soak up the atmosphere.
  4. to learn something quickly and easily:
    Children soak up language incredibly quickly.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ wet to put water or another liquid onto something to make it wet. In spoken English, people will often use get something wet rather than wet: He wet the washcloth and washed Tom’s face.
   ▪ splash to make someone or something wet by making a lot of small drops of water fall onto them: The kids were playing around in the pool, splashing each other. | I accidentally splashed soup onto my shirt.
   ▪ soak to put something in water for a long time or to make something very wet – use this especially when something is put into water or the water comes up from underneath to make it wet: Soak the beans overnight before cooking. | The rain had come in through the bottom of our tent and completely soaked our clothes.
   ▪ drench to make someone or something extremely wet with a large amount of water – use this especially when water is poured or falls on something: He drenched us all with the hose. | Her shirt was drenched in sweat.
   ▪ saturate formal to completely cover or fill something with liquid, so that it is wet all the way through: Heavy rains had saturated the ground.
   ▪ flood to cover an area of land with a large amount of water: Farmers flood the fields in order to grow rice.
   ▪ moisten to make something slightly wet by putting a small amount of water or another liquid on it, especially to stop it from getting too dry: Add just enough water to moisten the cake mixture. | Tom paused and moistened his lips.
   ▪ dampen to make something slightly wet by putting a little water on it: Rain came in through the window, dampening the curtains.

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soak² noun [singular]
1. a long and enjoyable time spent taking a bath:
    I had a good long soak in the bath.
2. British English when you soak something:
    Give the towels a good soak, they’re very dirty.
3. an old soak someone who is often drunk – used humorously