get a drenching
常用口语表达，表示“被淋透”，drenching 前可加 good 等形容词。
We got a drenching when the storm caught us on the beach.
暴风雨在海滩上突袭我们时，我们被淋得湿透。
浸透；湿透
给动物灌药；使湿透的行为；浸透。；湿透；[建] 麸液脱
使湿透的行为；浸透。
The act by which something is drenched; a soaking.
给动物灌药
The administering of a medicinal draught to an animal.
After the storm, the drenching of the garden was complete.
暴风雨过后，花园被完全湿透了。
用法提示：此处drenching作为名词，表示“湿透”的动作或状态。
The sudden drenching from the burst pipe ruined the carpet.
爆裂水管突然喷涌的水把地毯弄湿了。
用法提示：drenching指突然被水浸湿的过程。
He sought shelter to avoid a thorough drenching.
他寻找遮蔽处以避免全身湿透。
用法提示：drenching表示彻底的湿透状态。
常用口语表达，表示“被淋透”，drenching 前可加 good 等形容词。
We got a drenching when the storm caught us on the beach.
暴风雨在海滩上突袭我们时，我们被淋得湿透。
用于给植物、土地等浇透水，drenching 前常加 good、thorough 等词。
Give the flower beds a good drenching before the hot weather arrives.
在炎热天气到来之前，把花坛好好浇透。
较正式的说法，指给动物灌服药物；也可说 give an animal a drenching。
The farmer administered a drenching to the sick sheep.
农夫给病羊灌了药。
grammar · medium
易错句子We got drenching in the rain on the way home.
正确表达We got a drenching in the rain on the way home.
drenching 表示“一场浸透、浑身湿透”时是可数名词，单数形式前必须加冠词 a；汉语没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉。加上 a 后，a drenching 指一次被淋透的经历，句子才完整自然。
grammar · medium
易错句子The vet gave the sick cow two drenching.
正确表达The vet gave the sick cow two drenchings.
drenching 是可数名词，前面有数词 two 时要用复数形式 drenchings；汉语名词不随数词变复数，学习者容易保留单数。改为复数后与 two 保持一致，表示给动物灌了两次药。
soaking 侧重把东西泡在液体里（如泡豆子）或人被雨淋湿的状态，常说 get a soaking、be soaking；drenching 侧重液体大量浇下、把东西彻底浇透的动作或结果，如 rain drenching the crops，还可指给牲畜灌药。两者都能表示淋湿，但 soaking 偏“泡”，drenching 偏“浇透”。
dousing 指把液体泼、浇在人或物上，常与灭火、水枪搭配；水量可大可小，还可引申为“关灯”。drenching 强调被浇得浑身湿透、彻底浸透，程度更强；表示给动物灌药时只能用 drenching。
drench 作名词是可数的具体事物：灌给牲畜的一剂药，或（英式）一场大雨；drenching 是由动词变来的名词，指“灌药”“浸透”这一行为或过程，如 the drenching of the cattle。说“一剂药”用 a drench，说“灌药这件事”用 drenching。
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