请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 sponge cloths
释义

sponge /spunj/

noun
  1. Any member of the phylum Porifera, sessile aquatic animals with a single cavity in the body, with numerous pores
  2. The fibrous skeleton of such an animal, remarkable for its power of holding water
  3. A piece of such a skeleton, or a synthetic substitute, used for washing, absorbing, etc
  4. A swab for a cannon
  5. Any spongelike substance, such as leavened dough, a cake or pudding, or swampy ground
  6. A bedeguar
  7. A hanger-on or parasite (informal)
  8. A drunkard (informal)
  9. An application of a sponge
  10. The life or behaviour of a sponger upon others (informal)
transitive verb
  1. To wipe, wipe out, soak up or remove with a sponge
  2. To drain, as if by squeezing a sponge
  3. To gain by the art of the parasite
intransitive verb
  1. To suck in, as a sponge does
  2. To fish for sponges
  3. To live on others parasitically (often with on or off)
ORIGIN: OE sponge, spunge, and OFr esponge, from L spongia, from Gr spongiā

sponˈgeable adjective

spongeous /spunˈjəs/ adjective

Spongy

spongˈer noun

  1. A person who uses a sponge
  2. A sponge fisher
  3. A sponge fishing boat
  4. An apparatus for sponging cloth
  5. A sponge or parasite

spongicolous /spun- or spon-jikˈə-ləs/ adjective

(L colere to inhabit) living in association with, usu within, a sponge

sponˈgiform adjective

Like or related to a sponge

sponˈgily adverb

In a spongy way or manner

spongin /spunˈjin/ noun

A horny substance in the skeletons of various sponges

sponˈginess noun

spongiose /spunˈ or -ōsˈ/ adjective

spongious /spunˈjəs/ adjective

spongoid /spongˈgoid/ adjective

spongologist /spong-golˈə-jist/ noun

spongolˈogy noun

The science of sponges

spongy /spunˈji/ adjective

  1. Absorptive
  2. Porous
  3. Wet and soft
  4. Drunken
  5. (of vehicle suspension, brakes, etc) lacking firmness or responsiveness

spongeˈbag noun

  1. A waterproof bag for carrying a sponge and toiletries
  2. (in pl) checked or striped trousers

adjective

Checked

sponge bath noun

A washing of the body by or from a sponge, as for a sick or bedridden person

sponge cake noun

A very light sweet cake of flour, eggs, and sugar

sponge cloth noun

A cotton cloth of open texture similar to a sponge

spongeˈ-down see sponge down below.

sponge finger noun

A finger-shaped sponge cake

sponge fisher noun

sponge fishing noun

sponge rubber noun

Rubber processed into spongelike form

spongeˈware noun (ceramics)

Pottery, etc on which patterns, colours, etc are applied using a sponge

spongeˈwood noun

Sola, an Indian plant also known as the hat plant

sponˈging-house or spunˈging-house noun (obsolete)

A bailiff's lodging-house for debtors in his custody before their committal to prison

spongy parenchyma noun (botany)

A loose tissue in leaves with much intercellular space

spongy platinum or platinum sponge noun

Platinum in a finely divided state

set a sponge

To leaven a small mass of dough for use in leavening a large quantity

sponge down

To clean or wipe with a sponge (spongeˈ-down noun)

throw up (or in) the sponge

  1. To acknowledge defeat by throwing into the air the sponge with which a boxer is rubbed down between rounds (cf throw in the towel)
  2. To give up any struggle
随便看

　

英语词典包含305067条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

　

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/12/23 17:13:33