Word · Frequency #5630
soaking
浸泡；浸湿；浸透
soaking is the present participle of soak.
To make or become completely wet by being in liquid.
- 1.
To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
被浸泡在液体中以至于饱和
- 2.
(slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
(俚语,拳击)击打
- 3.
To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
浸泡在液体中直到饱和或彻底渗透
- 4.
To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
通过饱和来渗透或渗入
- 5.
To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
允许(尤其是液体)被吸收；吸收,接收(通常与“up”连用)
- 6.
To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
过度收费或骗取大量金钱
- 7.
To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
在成型前加热(金属)
- 8.
To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
在特定温度下保持窑炉一段时间
- 9.
To absorb; to drain.
吸收；排干
吸收；吸取；向…漫天要价；敲竹杠；诈骗；（锻造前）加热（金属）；（窑炉）保持一定温度；（拳击俚语）痛打；狠揍
In use
Soak the dried beans in water for at least eight hours.
She soaked her sore feet in warm salt water.
He soaked the stained shirt in cold water before washing it.
Verb forms
base soak · third person soaks · -ing soaking · past soaked · past participle soaked
规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为soaked。
Connections
Collocations
- soak in water
- 浸泡在水中
- Soak the dried mushrooms in water for 20 minutes.把干蘑菇在水里浸泡20分钟。
- soak up
- 吸收；汲取
- The sponge will soak up all the spilled milk.海绵会吸收所有洒出的牛奶。
- soak through
- 湿透；渗透
- The heavy rain soaked through his shoes.大雨浸透了他的鞋子。
- soak into
- 渗入
- The sauce slowly soaked into the rice.酱汁慢慢渗入米饭中。
- soak in the bath
- 泡澡；泡浴
- After work, she likes to soak in a warm bath.下班后，她喜欢泡个温水澡。
- soak up the sun
- 享受阳光；晒太阳
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：袜子(soak)泡进肥皂水，泡透吸满水就是 soak。字母 o 像水泡，记住 soak=浸泡。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：烹饪、洗衣、清洁 表示“浸泡、浸湿”时通常为中性词，多用于日常口语和书面语，比较常见于烹饪、洗衣等场景。
Pronunciation & Spelling
在美式英语中，soak 读作 /soʊk/。下列单词 oak、poke、woke、cloak、broke、stroke 都以相同的 /oʊk/ 音结尾，与 soak 押韵。注意别被拼写误导：sock 读作 /sɑːk/（美式）或 /sɒk/（英式），虽然拼写和 soak 相似，但元音不同，并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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