Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #14852
soaked
湿透的；浸透的
drenched with water or other liquid
- 1.
Drenched with water, or other liquid.
被水或其他液体浸透的
被水或其他液体浸透的；湿透的
In use
After the storm, our clothes were completely soaked.
He took off his soaked shoes before entering the house.
The towel was soaked with water after I used it to dry the dishes.
be soaked in sth
强调浸没在某种液体中。
Her clothes were soaked in rain.
她的衣服被雨水浸透了。
be soaked with sth
强调表面被液体覆盖或吸收。
The towel was soaked with water.
毛巾被水浸湿了。
get soaked
表示被弄湿的过程或结果。
We got soaked walking in the storm.
我们在暴风雨中行走，全身湿透了。
Common mistakes
I soaked in the rain.I got soaked in the rain.
soaked 是形容词，表示“湿透的”状态；不能用作动词过去式。应使用 get + 形容词结构表示状态变化。
He was soaked wet.He was soaking wet.
固定短语 soaking wet 表示“湿透的”，其中 soaking 是副词修饰 wet；不能用 soaked wet，因为 soaked 本身已包含“湿透”含义，与 wet 重复。
Connections
Collocations
- soaked to the skin
- 浑身湿透
- The sudden downpour left us soaked to the skin.突如其来的大雨让我们浑身湿透了。
- soaked through
- 湿透
- Take off your jacket; it's soaked through.把外套脱了吧，它已经湿透了。
- soaked with sweat
- 被汗水浸湿
- After the run, his T-shirt was soaked with sweat.跑步后，他的T恤被汗水浸湿了。
- be soaked in
- 浸泡在…中
- The towels were soaked in warm water before use.毛巾使用前浸泡在温水中。
- get soaked
- 被淋湿
- We forgot the umbrella and got soaked on the way home.我们忘了带伞，回家路上被淋湿了。
- rain-soaked
Learner notes
Memory Tip
soak是“浸泡”，加-ed变成 soaked“湿透的”。想象海绵 soaked 后一挤全是水，就是浑身湿透的样子。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：being caught in the rain、spilling a drink、falling into water 该词通常用于日常口语，描述被水或其他液体浸透的状态；多用于说衣服、身体或物品淋湿或泼湿，比较自然常用。
Grammar Note
非正式用法，意为‘喝醉了’，通常用作表语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with 'soaked' /soʊkt/: stoked, poked, joked, cloaked, smoked, yoked all end in /oʊkt/. Beware lookalikes such as 'socked' /sɑkt/ and 'sucked' /sʌkt/, which look similar but have different vowels.
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