| 单词 | soak |
| 释义 | soak (once / 593 pages) 1vn 2v 3v 4v 5v WORD FAMILY soak: soakage, soaked, soaker, soaking, soaks+/soakage: soakages/soaker: soakers/soaking: soakings USAGE EXAMPLESHis son would listen, soaking up all that knowledge. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) As a band of showers continued to soak Southern California on Thursday, holiday travelers faced a bevy of obstacles on Los Angeles area roadways. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) But there’s certainly enough of that to soak up as one ages. Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1 1v submerge in a liquid I soaked in the hot tub for an hour Hyper immerse, plunge thrust or throw into 2v cover with liquid; pour liquid onto Syn|Hypo|Hyper douse, dowse, drench, sop, souse brine soak in brine bedraggle, dragglemake wet and dirty, as from rain batesoak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments retplace (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue flush, sluiceirrigate with water from a sluice wet cause to become wet 3v fill, soak, or imbue totally soak the bandage with disinfectant Syn|Hypo|Hyper imbue infuse, steep let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse brewsit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor marinade, marinatesoak in marinade decoctsteep in hot water infuseundergo the process of infusion drawsteep; pass through a strainer impregnate, saturate infuse or fill completely 4n washing something by allowing it to soak Syn|Hyper soaking lavation, wash, washing the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) 5n the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid) 2a good soak put life back in the wagon Syn|Hyper soakage, soaking action, activity, natural action, natural process a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) 1v rip off; ask an unreasonable price Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, surcharge undercharge charge (someone) too little money extort, gouge, rack, squeeze, wring obtain by coercion or intimidation bleedget or extort (money or other possessions) from someone cheat, chisel, rip off deprive somebody of something by deceit 2v beat severely 3Hyper beat, beat up, work over give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression 1v make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) Syn|Hypo|Hyper inebriate, intoxicate befuddle, fuddle make stupid with alcohol affect act physically on; have an effect upon 2v become drunk or drink excessively 4Syn|Hyper hit it up, inebriate, souse booze, drink, fuddle consume alcohol v heat a metal prior to working it 5Hyper heat, heat up make hot or hotter v leave as a guarantee in return for money Syn|Hyper hock, pawn charge, consign give over to another for care or safekeeping |
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