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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   soak

   • IPA[sōk]

   美式

   • v.
     make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid；be immersed in water or another liquid
   • n.
     an act of immersing someone or something in liquid for a period of time；a heavy drinker

   • verb: soak, 3rd person present: soaks, gerund or present participle: soaking, past tense: soaked, past participle: soaked

   • noun: soak, plural noun: soaks

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid soak the beans overnight in water 同義詞 immerse, steep, submerge, submerse, dip, ... 更多sink, dunk, bathe, wet, rinse, douse, marinate, souse, pickle, ret
   • ▪ be immersed in water or another liquid she spent some time soaking in a hot bath
   • ▪ (of a liquid) cause (something or someone) to become extremely wet the rain poured down, soaking their hair 同義詞 drench, wet through, saturate, waterlog, deluge, ... 更多inundate, submerge, drown, swamp, archaicsop
   • ▪ (of a liquid) penetrate or permeate something completely cold water was soaking into my shoes the sweat soaked through his clothes 同義詞 permeate, penetrate, percolate, soak into, seep into/through, ... 更多spread through, infuse, impregnate, imbue, pervade
   • ▪ remove something by immersing it in water for a period of time don't disturb the wound—soak the dressing off if necessary
   • 2. informal impose heavy charges or taxation on he is again vowing to soak the rich, as he has long threatened to do
   • 3. archaic, informal drink heavily you keep soaking in taverns

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an act of immersing someone or something in liquid for a period of time I'm looking forward to a long soak in the tub
   • 2. informal a heavy drinker his daughter stayed up to put the old soak to bed

   片語

   • soak in
   • soak up