sodden

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sod·den /ˈsɒdn $ ˈsɑːdn/ adjective  WETvery wet and heavy 湿漉漉沉甸甸的，湿透的，湿淋淋的 sodden clothes 湿漉漉的衣服 The earth was sodden. 土地湿透了。rain-sodden/water-sodden rain-sodden hair 被雨淋湿的头发► see thesaurus at wet

Examples from the Corpus

sodden• Mary tried to read the writing in her sodden address book, but it was impossible.• His shoes were sodden and covered with mud.• Under any circumstances the track would be challenging, but intermittent rains have left the turf and red clay sodden and slick.• The sodden earth can take no more.• I trudged across the sodden grass.• the sodden ground• This dark, sodden morning in December she is hoping for a good practice.• Tall, brown grasses rise from sodden soil, whipped by the winter wind.• They had to pass round bin liners so that people could throw in their sodden tissues.• Mike's potato was sodden with sour cream and butter.Origin sodden (1800-1900) Old past participle of seethe

sod·den adjectiveChineseSyllable  

very Corpus heavy and wet

sodden
sod‧den /ˈsɒdn $ ˈsɑːdn/ adjectivevery wet and heavy:
    sodden clothes
    The earth was sodden.
    rain-sodden/water-sodden
    rain-sodden hair
     

THESAURUS

■ very wet
   ▪ soaked [not before noun] very wet all the way through – used especially about people and their clothes: It absolutely poured with rain and we got soaked. | His shirt was soaked with blood.
   ▪ drenched [not before noun] very wet – used about a person or area after a lot of rain or water has fallen on them: Everyone got drenched when a huge wave hit the boat. | The garden was completely drenched after the rain.
   ▪ saturated extremely wet, and unable to take in any more water or liquid: His bandage was saturated with blood. | The floods were the result of heavy rainfall on already saturated soil.
   ▪ waterlogged /ˈwɔːtəlɒɡd $ ˈwɒːtərlɒːɡd, ˈwɑː-, -lɑːɡd/ used about ground that has water on its surface because it is so wet that it cannot take in any more: The game was cancelled because the field was waterlogged.
   ▪ sodden British English very wet with water – used about clothes and the ground. Sodden is less common than soaked: The ground was still sodden. | He took off his sodden shirt.

sod·denBrE /ˈsɒdn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɑːdn/ 🔊 adjectiveextremely wet 湿透的；湿漉漉的 SYN soaked ◆sodden grass湿漉漉的草-sodden extremely wet with the thing mentioned 被…湿透的；浸透…的；饱含…的◆a rain-sodden jacket雨水淋透的夹克