wet [ wet ] v. (过去式和过去分词wetted;
现在分词wetting;常用词)把...弄湿;使潮湿
— Wet the material well
before applying
soap.
擦肥皂以前把这块布料完全弄湿。
* to wet through [5WrU:]
使湿透
— The rain has wet me
through.
这场雨把我淋成了落汤鸡。
* wet adj.
湿的
—If this wet land was drained, it would be good farmland.
如果把这块湿地的水排干, 这块地就会成为良田。
* to get sth. wet [5get] 把...弄湿
—Take your umbrella, or you'll get
wet.
带着你的雨伞,否则你将要淋湿了。
—Don't stay outside, or you'll get
wet.
你别站在外边,要不全身都要湿透了.
* dripping / soaking / sopping wet [5drIpIN / 5s[UkIN / 5sCpIN
] 极湿的;湿淋淋的
—Outside stood a little girl, dripping wet and shivering.
门外站着一个浑身淋透,瑟瑟发抖的小女孩。
—Entire shirt now soaking
wet.
所有的衬衫现在都浸湿了。
—His hair under his straw hat was sopping
wet.
隔着草帽,他的头发已经全湿。
* to look like a drowned rat [5lUk 5laik 5drauntId
5rAt] 湿得像落汤鸡
—You look like a drowned
rat.
你湿得像只落汤鸡。
—You're sweating so much you look like a drowned rat!
你流了好多汗,你看起来湿得像落汤鸡。
* (to be) soaked / wet to the skin
[5skIn] (指人)湿透
—We were soaked to the skin after the storm.
暴雨过后我们全都湿透了。
—I was caught in heavy rain last Sunday, and was wet to the
skin.
上星期天我淋了一场大雨,浑身湿透了。
这些词汇应该记住:
1. drench [ 5drentF ] v. (指泼以液体使其)湿透;淋透
—The people there have been
drenched.
那边的人都被雨淋透了。
—I was drenched to the
skin.
我浑身湿透了。
* drenched adj.
(指完全湿透)湿透的
—The handkerchief was drenched in
blood.
血把手帕浸湿了。
2. dripping [ 5drIpIN ] adj. 湿淋淋的;湿透的
—He rushes in out of the rain from the street, closing a dripping
umbrella, very wet round the
ankles.
他从街上冒着雨急急忙跑过来,收起湿淋淋的伞,裤脚都湿透了。
3. saturate [ 5sAtF[reit ] v.
(指使之尽量吸收某物)浸湿;使湿透
— The ground was saturated with water.
地上水多,湿透了。
4. soak [ s[Uk ] v. 湿;湿透
—The rain had soaked through his
coat.
雨把他的大衣淋透了。
* soaked [ s[Ukt ] adj.
(不用于名词前;特指浸到液体中使其)很湿的
—You are soaked! 你全湿透了。
* soaking [5s[UkIN]
adj. 很湿的;湿透的
—Go upstairs, child, and change your soaking
clothes.
上楼去,孩子,把湿透的衣服换掉。
5. sodden [ 5sCdn ] adj. 湿透的;湿淋淋的
— My shoes are sodden from walking in the
rain.
我在雨里这么一跑,鞋全湿了。
6. soggy [ 5sCgI ] adj. 湿透的;湿软的
— The ground was soggy after heavy
rain.
下了一场大雨,地面湿透了。
7. sopped [ 5sCpt ] adj. 很湿的;湿透的
—He took off his sopped hat, and walked up to his commanding
officer.
他脱下湿透的帽子,走到长官面前。
* sopping [5sCpIN] adj.
很湿的;湿透的
— Your clothes are sopping! 你的衣服湿透了。
8. souse [ 5s[Us ] v. 使湿透
—Sweat soused him all
over.
汗水湿透了他的全身。
* souse
n. 浸湿;湿透
— I got a through souse in a thunder storm
yesterday.
昨天我被雷阵雨得浑身都湿透了。
相关词汇链接: moisture n. 潮湿;
water v. 浇水