soak

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /səʊk/    美 /soʊk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An immersion in water etc.
    — After the strenuous climb, I had a nice long soak in a bath.
  2. A drunkard. UK,slang
  3. A carouse; a drinking session. slang
  4. A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain. Australia
    — I set off early to walk along the Melbourne Road where, one of the punters had told me, there was a soak with plenty of frogs in it.
动词 v.
  1. To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it. intransitive
    — I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours.
  2. (slang, boxing) To hit or strike. transitive
    — Wasn't Mr. Sipperley pretty shirty when he came to and found that you had been soaking him with putters?
  3. To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation. transitive
    — Soak the beans overnight before cooking.
  4. To penetrate or permeate by saturation. intransitive
    — The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet.
  5. To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up) transitive
    — A sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
  6. To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money. figuratively,transitive
    — It's a blackmail ring, and the district attorneys get a share of the loot. […] Well, they got him in the same kind of jam, and soaked him to the tune of three hundred and eighty-six thousand.
  7. To drink intemperately or gluttonously. dated,slang
  8. To heat (a metal) before shaping it. transitive
  9. To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time. transitive
    — We should soak the kiln at cone 9 for half an hour.
  10. To absorb; to drain. figuratively,transitive
    — That they will want a certaine sucking and soaking
  11. To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting. Mormonism,slang

词形变化

soaks present,singular,third-person soaking participle,present soaked participle,past soaked past soaks present,singular,third-person soaking participle,present soaked participle,past soaked past soaks plural

词汇关系

衍生词
asoak go soak your head oversoak presoak resoak soakable soakage soak away soakaway soaker soak in soak the runner soak up soaky water-soak soak test

词源

词源 1
From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.
词源 2
From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.
词源 3
From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.
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