soak的意思|soak的解释-里氏词典

Soak \Soak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Soaking}.] [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr.
s?can, s?gan, to suck. See {Suck}.]
1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance
has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or
other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or
freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt
meat, salt fish, or the like.

2. To drench; to wet thoroughly.

Their land shall be soaked with blood. --Isa. xxiv.
7.

3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a
sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.

4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; --
often with through.

The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through
wreaths of snow. --Sir W.
Scott.

5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.

Soak \Soak\, v. i.
1. To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become
sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.

2. To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as,
water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.

3. To drink intemperately or gluttonously. [Slang]

For "Impulse" she prowled the mean streets of Los Angeles with a homicide squad to soak up how the police operate.
The power plant yields about 160 tons of ash daily, but Parish expects to be selling all of it by year's end as an additive to paving materials and fertilizer and an absorbent to soak up toxic contaminants from geothermal energy wells.
Wetlands _ marshes, swamps and bayous _ can soak up flood waters and help improve water quality, many conservationists say.
But Ms. Wylde calls solutions such as these "Band-Aids." Many old people are too weak to use grab bars, she says, and elevated seats don't allow for a good soak.
Several worshipers dropped handkerchiefs to soak up some of the holy water that dampens the stone.
Their roots form a dense mat as they soak up the pollutants.
Until the advent of modern packaging, the fish and chips came wrapped in an old newspaper to soak up the grease.
Strong thunderstorms moved across the upper Mississippi Valley and the northern Plains early today, while rain continued to soak New England.
That's a lot of people,' said Mr Eisenhammer, who admitted that the really secure jobs were at the employment office. He was hopeful about one thing - 'we have to rely on the small craftsmen and traders to soak up some of the unemployed.
The cost cutting would improve profits but higher capital spending would soak up any cash flow gains.
Mr. Grigoli doubts there's enough buying power in the hands of conservative small investors to soak up all those shares.
The GE diamonds are superior to natural diamonds in their ability to soak up heat, the company's scientists said.
They soak a glass-lens blank in silver chloride.
Oil prices tumbled Wednesday amid heavy selling motivated by technical market forces and speculation that sluggish demand will not soak up much of the supply glut.
New IRS data reconfirm a trend evolving since 1981: tax progressivity has increased, not decreased, since 1981, and the best way to "soak the rich" is to lower their taxes, leading them to voluntarily reenter the taxable economy.
But they have not bought existing NHS hospitals. Mr David Blunkett, Labour's health spokesman, said the US companies were 'seeking to soak the British taxpayer with the aid and approval of government ministers'.
Making the 82 companies raise their capital in order to retire the required 10% of debt, officials say, will soak up much of the excess money being held by the companies.
At night, he checks into a luxury hotel for a long soak in the tub of his handler, Julie Perreten.
Several hundred workers hired by the oil shipper and volunteers worked around the clock to soak up the goo at Newport.
On Saturday, however, the Festival Hall seemed the wrong place for them. The hall was crowded; but human bodies soak up sound.
But within the close-knit junk bond market, there are few doubts that enough cash is available to soak up the visible supply of new offerings.
New jobs won't materialize quickly enough to soak up displaced farm labor, note the economists.
When they tire, they simply plop down and soak up the rays.
It is possible that the stabilization fund could work as a paper towel to soak up some rubles, if the ruble were to bounce quickly back as Russian exports rose.
The Wall Street experts said that if the Soviet government wants to soak up those excess rubles and create tradeable shares, it should begin selling off its wealth of state enterprises.
These systems soak up scarce resources and inhibit a fast response to business needs, but there is little funding to replace them.
An increase in Japanese public spending is expected to boost imports and soak up some savings.
The most effective drugs now under study for lowering cholesterol work by coaxing certain receptors to soak up excess cholesterol in the bloodstream.
The trouble with Uncle Sam trying to soak the rich is that even if he took every taxable nickel they earned, it wouldn't be enough.
The much-hyped price-cutting relates to next year's summer holiday range, whereas the crucial factor for package holiday operators is how far they have to discount late bookings in order to soak up surplus capacity.

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