soak
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they soak | |
he / she / it soaks | |
past simple soaked | |
past participle soaked | |
-ing form soaking |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to put something in liquid for a time so that it becomes completely wet; to become completely wet in this way 浸泡;浸湿;浸透;湿透 - soak something (in something)
I usually soak the beans overnight. 我通常把豆子泡一夜。 If you soak the tablecloth before you wash it, the stains should come out. 先把桌布浸一浸再洗,污迹就能去掉。 - soak something with something
He soaked the cloth with petrol. 他用汽油浸泡那块布。 - soak (in something)
Leave the apricots to soak for 20 minutes. 把杏子浸泡 20 分钟。 I'm going to go and soak in the bath. 我要去泡个澡。 Soak the clothes in cold water. 把衣服泡在冷水里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- thoroughly
- overnight
- …
- leave something to
- let something
- in
- into
- through
- …
- soak something (in something)
- [transitive] soak somebody/something
to make somebody/something completely wet synonym drenchTopics Weatherc1使湿透;把…浸湿 - [intransitive]
(of a liquid )液体 to enter or pass through something 渗入;渗透 - [transitive] soak somebody (informal)
to obtain a lot of money from somebody by making them pay very high taxes or prices 向(某人)敲竹杠;宰(某人);向(某人)征收重税
Word OriginOld English socian ‘become saturated with a liquid by immersion’; related to sūcan ‘to suck’.