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英语单词 drench
英美音标 英 [drentʃ] 美 [drentʃ]
中文释义 v.灌药;使湿透;过分沉溺
n.浸湿;大剂量药液
英语例句 (1) A heavy shower drench the campers.
(2) We were caught in the storm and got drenched.
(3) The poster wouldn't stick even though I drenched it with glue.
中文例句 (1) 一阵骤雨把露营者都淋湿了。
(2) 我们遇上大雨全都被浇透了。
(3) 我涂了大量胶水,可那张海报就是贴不住。
vocabulary简明 To drench something is to get it thoroughly wet. You might drench your sister with the garden hose to pay her back for squirting you with her water pistol.
vocabulary扩展 When you're sailing a small boat on a stormy day, waves might drench you, and a torrential rain storm can also drench you, if you leave your umbrella at home. If your dog is crazy about swimming, he might drench himself often by plunging into whatever body of water you're near. Drench comes from the Old English drencan, which means both "submerge or drown" and "give drink to or make drunk."
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]使湿透;使浸湿 To drench something or someone means to make them completely wet.
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  • They turned fire hoses on the people and drenched them...

    他们将消防水管对着人们,把他们浇了个透。

  • They were getting drenched by icy water...

    他们被冰冷的水浇透了。

  • We were completely drenched and cold...

    我们浑身湿透了,冻得冰冷。

  • I reached Kilmarnock in the early morning in drenching rain.

    我一大早就冒着瓢泼大雨到了基尔曼诺克。

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  • ...the rain-drenched streets of the capital.

    首都积满雨水的街道

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