drenching 音标拼音: [dr'ɛntʃɪŋ]
n . 湿透
湿透
drenching n 1 :
the act of making something completely wet ; "
he gave it a good drenching " [
synonym : {
drenching }, {
soaking }, {
souse },
{
sousing }]
Drench \
Drench \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Drenched };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Drenching }.] [
AS .
drencan to give to drink ,
to drench ,
the causal of drincan to drink ;
akin to D .
drenken ,
Sw .
dr [
aum ]
nka ,
G .
tr [
aum ]
nken .
See {
Drink }.]
1 .
To cause to drink ;
especially ,
to dose by force ;
to put a potion down the throat of ,
as of a horse ;
hence .
to purge violently by physic .
[
1913 Webster ]
As "
to fell ,"
is "
to make to fall ,"
and "
to lay ,"
to make to lie ."
so "
to drench ,"
is "
to make to drink ."
--
Trench .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To steep in moisture ;
to wet thoroughly ;
to soak ;
to saturate with water or other liquid ;
to immerse .
[
1913 Webster ]
Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain ;
Their moisture has already drenched the plain .
--
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "
drenching ":
brewing ,
dampening ,
drench ,
ducking ,
dunking ,
humectant ,
imbruement ,
imbuement ,
impregnation ,
infiltration ,
infusion ,
injection ,
irrigational ,
irriguous ,
leaching ,
lixiviation ,
maceration ,
moistening ,
percolation ,
permeation ,
pulping ,
saturation ,
seething ,
soak ,
soakage ,
soaking ,
sopping ,
souse ,
sousing ,
steeping ,
watering ,
wetting
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