| 词组 | soak |
| 释义 | soak [soaked, soaked, soaking] be soaked in be soaked in sth literary to contain a lot of a particular quality: ▪ The city was soaked in history. ▪ We live in a culture that is soaked in violence. be soaked through be soaked through to be completely wet: ▪ By the time he got home, his jacket was soaked through. ▪ You'd better take those clothes off! You look soaked through! ■ SIMILAR TO: drench soak up 1. soak up sth • soak sth up to enjoy experiencing or looking at something in a place: ▪ You can stay in pretty mountain villages and soak up the scenery. soak up the sun/sunshine ▪ Morocco is an ideal place for soaking up the sun. soak up the atmosphere (=enjoy watching and experiencing all the interesting things that are happening in a place) ▪ I wanted to wander around the old markets and soak up the atmosphere. ■ SIMILAR TO: enjoy 2. soak up sth • soak sth up if something soaks up a liquid, it takes the liquid into itself: ▪ He used a towel to soak up the blood. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑absorb 3. soak up sth • soak sth up to learn a lot of information and ideas about a subject by reading, listening to other people talking about it etc: ▪ I read a lot of books and tried to soak up as many new ideas about gardening as I could. ▪ "You've been very quiet!" "I've been soaking up your words of wisdom!" 4. soak up sth • soak sth up to use a lot of money, especially an unreasonably or unusually large amount: ▪ The new satellite network soaked up more than $65 million of public money. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑use up 5. soak up sth • soak sth up to not be badly affected by something, for example pressure, strong criticism, or difficult conditions: ▪ The German team are famous for their ability to soak up pressure and come back to win. ▪ The Toyota can soak up a lot of punishment off road. ■ SIMILAR TO: withstand |
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