a [adj] sponge
形容词如 wet, dry, clean 等修饰 sponge。
She used a wet sponge to wipe the table.
她用一块湿海绵擦了桌子。
海绵（海洋动物）；海绵蛋糕；海绵般善于吸收知识的人；海绵状物质；多孔材料；避孕海绵
A piece of porous material used for washing, originally made from the marine animal and now often plastic.
多孔动物门(Porifera)的各种海洋无脊椎动物,其多孔骨架常由二氧化硅构成。
Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
用于清洗的多孔材料块(最初由这些无脊椎动物制成,现常为塑料制)。
A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
合成洗涤海绵所用的多孔材料。
The porous material that synthetic washing sponges are made of.
一种松软的蛋糕。
A type of light cake.
善于吸收思想的人。
A person who readily absorbs ideas.
一种置入阴道的避孕工具；避孕海绵。
A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
任何类似海绵的物质。
Any sponge-like substance.
用于发射后清洁炮膛的拖把,由木制圆柱体包裹带毛羊皮或厚重绒布制成,并带有手柄或杆。
A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
马蹄铁对应于蹄跟的末端或尖端。
The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
The sponge absorbs water quickly, so it's perfect for washing the car.
这块海绵吸水很快，所以非常适合洗车。
用法提示：sponge 作名词，指清洁用的海绵块，充当句子主语。
Please squeeze out the sponge before you put it back in the sink.
请把海绵挤干再放回水槽里。
用法提示：sponge 作名词，是动词短语 squeeze out 的宾语，指海绵块。
I bought a pack of sponges to clean the bathroom tiles.
我买了一包海绵来清洁浴室瓷砖。
用法提示：sponges 是 sponge 的复数形式，作动词 bought 的宾语，指多块清洁海绵。
形容词如 wet, dry, clean 等修饰 sponge。
She used a wet sponge to wipe the table.
她用一块湿海绵擦了桌子。
Use a sponge to apply the soap.
用海绵涂抹肥皂。
He soaked up the spilled milk with a sponge.
他用海绵吸干了洒出的牛奶。
也可用 a sponge for doing sth，如 a sponge for cleaning。
This is a sponge for cleaning windows.
这是一块用于擦窗户的海绵。
foam通常指人造泡沫材料，与sponge（天然或人工海绵）在吸水性上相似，但材质不同。
parasite语气更强，带贬义；sponge指占便宜的人，语气较口语化。
grammar · medium
易错句子I need sponge to clean the table.
正确表达I need a sponge to clean the table.
中文里“海绵”作为材料时通常被视为不可数名词，但英语中当sponge指一块用于清洁的用具时是可数名词，必须使用不定冠词“a”或复数形式。
grammar · medium
易错句子She wiped the counter by a sponge.
正确表达She wiped the counter with a sponge.
英语中表示“用某工具”时，通常使用介词“with”，而“by”常用于表示行为的方式或手段，但后接工具时不自然。
针对sponge作为“依赖他人的人”的义项（寄生虫），反义词为自食其力者。
sponge是名词，指海绵本身或海绵动物；spongy是形容词，描述像海绵的质地或结构，不能用来指代海绵这个物体。
海绵蛋糕
She made a light and fluffy sponge cake.
她做了一个松软的海绵蛋糕。
海绵擦浴
The nurse gave the patient a sponge bath.
护士给病人做了海绵擦浴。
海绵拖把
He used a sponge mop to clean the kitchen floor.
他用海绵拖把清洗厨房地板。
依赖他人生活
He's been sponging off his parents for years.
他多年来一直依赖父母生活。
认输，放弃
After several failed attempts, the team threw in the sponge.
在几次失败尝试后，团队认输了。
谁住在深海的大菠萝里？海绵宝宝！
My little brother loves to watch SpongeBob, the yellow sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea.
我的弟弟喜欢看海绵宝宝，那只住在深海菠萝里的黄色海绵。
我准备好了，我准备好了！
Every morning, he jumps out of bed and shouts 'I'm ready!' just like SpongeBob.
每天早上，他跳下床大喊‘我准备好了！’，就像海绵宝宝一样。
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