soak /səʊk/ CET4 TEM4 ( soaking, soaked, soaks )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you soak something or leave it to soak, you put it into a liquid and leave it there. 浸泡

  例：

  Soak the beans for 2 hours.

  把豆子泡上两个小时。

• 2. 

  V-T If a liquid soaks something or if you soak something with a liquid, the liquid makes the thing very wet. 使浸湿

  例：

  The water had soaked his jacket and shirt.

  水浸湿了他的夹克和衬衣。

• 3. 

  V-I If a liquid soaks through something, it passes through it. 渗透

  例：

  There was so much blood it had soaked through my boxer shorts.

  血出得太多，都渗透了我的平脚短裤。

• 4. 

  V-I If someone soaks, they spend a long time in a hot bath, because they enjoy it. 长时间泡浴

  例：

  What I need is to soak in a hot tub.

  我需要的是在浴盆里泡个热水澡。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT Soak is also a noun. 泡浴

  例：

  I was having a long soak in the bath.

  我当时正在浴室里长时间地泡浴。

• 6. 

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