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Drench Submerge Drown Wet Drentʃ V.使湿透 考 反义词:Desiccate

单词 drench
音标 [drentʃ]
解释 v.使湿透
红宝书 【考】 反义词:desiccate( 使干燥)
字源 drench (v.)
c.1200, "to submerge, drown," from Old English drencan "give drink to, ply with drink, make drunk; soak, saturate; submerge, drown," causative of drincan "to drink" (see drink), from Proto-Germanic *drankijan (cognates: Old Norse drekkja, Swedish dränka, Dutch drenken, German tränken, Gothic dragkjan "to give to drink"). Sense of "to wet thoroughly by throwing liquid over" is from c.1550. Related: Drenched; drenching.
不择手段背单词 v. 使湿透; 过分沉溺 = surfeit
【记】d地, ren人, ch吃: 人坐在地上吃饭, 吃的太多就起不来了, 而且还想方便一下, 忍不住就湿透了. 源于: drink喝(得太多就湿透了)
【参】trench(n 沟渠; 战壕v 掘沟; 挖战壕)
【类】drenched: wet = antithetic: different湿透的是十分湿的 = 对立相反的是完全不同的
【反】desiccate(v 干燥)sicc(一渴再渴而死)-干
趣味全助记 【记】源自drink, ch = k

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