词组 | soak |
释义 | soak Theme: DRINKING - EXCESS 1. in. to drink heavily; to get drunk. The two old ladies put on their coats and went out to soak.They sat quietly soaking for an hour. 2. n. a drinking bout. They sat there quietly enjoying their soak.Both guys declined to go out and stayed home and enjoyed a soak in front of the T.V. Theme: DRUNKARD n. a drunkard.Some old soak lay moaning in the gutter.Hank is getting to be a real soak. Theme: EXTORTION tr. to overcharge someone; to extort money from someone.They soaked me for twenty dollars for the parts, but at least it runs now.The cleaners soaked me for the cleaning job. soak Ⅰ 1. noun a drunk UK, 1820 2. verb to use something as collateral for a loan US, 1972 Ⅱ ⇨ old soak; soak noun a drunkard. From the verb sense (to drink immoderately) UK, 1820 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: enjoy2. 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: absorb3. 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 up5. 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 soak1. in. to drink heavily; to get drunk. (see also soaked.) The two old ladies put on their coats and went out to soak. 2. n. a drinking bout. Both guys declined to go out and stayed home and enjoyed a soak in front of the TV. 3. n. a drunkard. Some old soak lay moaning in the gutter. 4. tv. to overcharge someone; to extort money from someone. They soaked me for twenty dollars for the parts, but at least it runs now.
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