Word
drenching
/ˈdrentʃiŋ/
noun
浸透；湿透
The act by which something is drenched; a soaking.
- 1.
The act by which something is drenched; a soaking.
使湿透的行为；浸透。
- 2.
The administering of a medicinal draught to an animal.
给动物灌药
给动物灌药；使湿透的行为；浸透。；湿透；[建] 麸液脱
In use
After the storm, the drenching of the garden was complete.
The sudden drenching from the burst pipe ruined the carpet.
He sought shelter to avoid a thorough drenching.
a drenching
常用不定冠词a，表示一次浸湿的经历。
After falling into the river, he got a drenching.
掉进河里后，他浑身湿透了。
give someone a drenching
表示使某人湿透的动词短语。
The sudden downpour gave everyone a drenching.
突如其来的暴雨把每个人都淋得湿透。
escape a drenching
表示避免被淋湿的用法。
She ran fast to escape a drenching.
Connections
Confusing words
- soaking
- 浸泡；湿透 · soaking 强调通过浸泡达到完全湿透的状态，drenching 则强调被大量液体浇洒而湿透的动作或结果
- saturation
- 饱和 · saturation 指吸收达到最大容量，多用于科学或定量语境；drenching 指日常的湿透动作或状态
- drench
- 使湿透 · drench 是动词，表示动作；drenching 是名词，指动作或结果，学习者常混淆词性
Word family
- drenchings
- plural
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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