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soak

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Related topics: Cooking, Cleaning
soak1 /səʊk $ soʊk/ ●●○ verb
1  [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DFCDHC if you soak something, or if you let it soak, you keep it covered with a liquid for a period of time, especially in order to make it softer or easier to clean 浸，泡
Soak the clothes in cold water.
把衣服浸泡在冷水裏。
Let the pans soak; I’ll wash them later.
把鍋泡着吧，我過一會兒再洗。
soak something off/out (=remove it by soaking) 浸掉某物，浸除某物
Put the bottle in soapy water to soak the label off.
把瓶子放到肥皂水裏，把商標泡掉。
2  [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]WET to make something completely wet 使〔某物〕濕透，把〔某物〕浸濕
Police aimed water hoses at the marchers, soaking them.
警察把水龍帶對準遊行示威者，把他們沖得渾身濕透。
soak through/into etc
The blood soaked through the bandage.
血浸透了繃帶。
soak something in/with something
a rag soaked with oil
浸滿了油的抹布
3  [intransitiveI]DCB to spend a long time taking a bath 長時間泡浴
Soak in a warm bath to relax.
泡一個熱水澡，放鬆一下。
4  [transitiveT] informalPETEXPENSIVE to make someone pay too much money in prices or taxes 向…敲竹杠[征重稅]
taxes that soak the middle classes
向中産階級征的重稅
5 soak something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v 
a) TAKE something FROM SOMEWHEREif something soaks up a liquid, it takes the liquid into itself 吸收，吸幹〔液體〕
He used a towel to soak up the blood.
他用毛巾把血吸掉。
b) soak up the sun/rays/sunshine etcDNDLO to sit outside for a long time enjoying the sun 曬太陽，沐浴在陽光下
c) to enjoy a place by watching it or becoming involved in it 享受，感受
Go to a sidewalk café, order coffee, and soak up the atmosphere.
找一家街頭咖啡館，點上一杯咖啡，享受那裏的氣氛。
d) LEARNto learn something quickly and easily 〔迅速而輕鬆地〕吸 收，學會
Children soak up language incredibly quickly.
小孩子學語言快得讓人難以置信。
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soak up• Just kind of soak it up.• I soaked it ill up, even the abuse.• Benny soaked it all up for Eve.
soak up the sun/rays/sunshine etc• But everyone enjoyed the opportunity to relax, socialise and soak up the sun.• Elena Fonti lay on the beach soaking up the sun.• Others will take it easier, relax in the garden and soak up the sun.• She had lain with Maggie beside the swimming pool and had let her whole body soak up the sun.• The perfect setting for relaxing and soaking up the sun.• As well as soaking up the sun, Emma says she's particularly looking forward to scuba diving and swimming in Stingray City.• Without it, the green machinery that soaks up the sun's energy is starved.• Where fishermen once set out to sea, now travellers stop to soak up the sun which bakes the sandy shores.
soak up the atmosphere• I was just soaking up the atmosphere.• So we ordered another Guinness and soaked up the atmosphere some more.
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soak• If you don't take your umbrella, you're going to get soaked.• Soak a piece of cotton in water and use it to clean the wound.• Let the pan soak a while before you scrub it.• Tough stains should be soaked before washing.• In a cabin soaked in pure oxygen at greater than atmospheric pressure for five hours, almost anything bums.• The rain had come in through the bottom of our tent and completely soaked our clothes.• Soak the beans overnight before cooking.• a tax designed to soak the rich• One side of his immaculate jacket was soaked through and spiked with broken glass.• Other ethnic groups also seem to have trooped to Azusa Street to soak up the new shower of blessing.• Others will take it easier, relax in the garden and soak up the sun.• Her dress soaked up the water from his body.• We lay on the glossy sand as the waves rustled up, soaked us and retreated.
soak something off/out• Soak the label off the jar.
soak through/into etc• One side of his immaculate jacket was soaked through and spiked with broken glass.• Donna could feel perspiration soaking into her blouse and droplets beading on her forehead.• Sweating profusely, soaking through his robe, Havens raises his ax in triumph and walks off the makeshift stage.• A piece of shrapnel had torn into his belly and the blood had soaked through the field dressing and was attracting flies.• I lost the edges of myself and began to soak into the floorboards.• When the water drops, the substances drift back along the passageways and soak into the water table.• It was the wickedness that soaks into your blood and slowly heats up and begins to boil.• You were already soaking wet from sweating, so the dust would just soak into your clothes and your skin.
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soak2 noun [singular]
1  DCBa long and enjoyable time spent taking a bath 〔長時間、舒服的〕泡浴
I had a good long soak in the bath.
我在浴缸裏舒舒服服地泡了很長時間。
2  DHCWASH British EnglishBrE when you soak something 浸泡
Give the towels a good soak, they’re very dirty.
把毛巾好好泡一泡，太髒了。
3. an old soak DFDDRUNKsomeone who is often drunk – used humorously 酒鬼，經常喝醉的人〔幽默用法〕
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an old soak• The father's nice enough, but a bit of an old soak and the grandmother was a dragon.• She doesn ` t want to end up an old soak.
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soak• She puts them in the washing machine, on long soak, and removes every trace.
had ... soak• He claimed to have been painting; he also had trousers soaked in red lead.• Sweat, rapidly cooling, had soaked his pyjamas.• The Deans, retirees in their 60s, say firefighters had soaked the land near their house and saved it.• Paul D looked at the spot where the grief had soaked him.• If he had soaked this magic in as a child, then the faint outlines of Xanadu could be discerned.• Like her riding dress, it had been soaked and roughly dried.• The rain had soaked into his cloak as he slept, and it hung in heavy damp folds on his shoulders.• Despite having been in the open for only a few seconds, they had been soaked.
Origin soak1
Old English socian
soak1 verbsoak2 noun
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