soak
US: /ˈsoʊk/
UK: /sˈəʊk/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
soak /souk/- danh từ
- sự ngâm, sự thấm nước, sự nhúng nước
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) nước để ngâm, nước để nhúng
- (từ lóng) bữa chè chén
- (từ lóng) người nghiện rượu nặng
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) tình trạng bị đem cầm cố
- to be in soak: bị đem cầm cố
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) cú đấm điếng người
- ngoại động từ
- ngâm, nhúng
- to soak gherkins in vinegar: ngâm dưa chuột vào giấm
- làm ướt đẫm
- (từ lóng) bòn tiền, rút tiền (của ai); cưa nặng, giã nặng, lấy giá cắt cổ
- (từ lóng) uống lu bù
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) giáng cho một đòn
- ngâm, nhúng
- nội động từ
- ngấm, thấm (đen & bóng)
- rain soaks through shirt: nước mưa thấm qua áo sơ mi
- the fact soaked into his head: sự việc đó thấm sâu vào trí óc nó
- say be bét; chè chén lu bù
- to soak oneself in a subject
- miệt mài học tập một môn học
- ngấm, thấm (đen & bóng)
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun+ verb
1 ~ (sth) (in sth) to put sth in liquid for a time so that it becomes completely wet; to become completely wet in this way: [VN] I usually soak the beans overnight. + If you soak the tablecloth before you wash it, the stains should come out. + [V] Leave the apricots to soak for 20 minutes. + I'm going to go and soak in the bath.
2 [VN] to make sb/sth completely wet: A sudden shower of rain soaked the spectators.
3 [VN] (informal) to obtain a lot of money from sb by making them pay very high taxes or prices: He was accused of soaking his clients.
Phrasal Verbs: soak into / through sth
soak in (of a liquid) to enter or pass through sth: Blood had soaked through the bandage.
soak sth<->off / out to remove sth by leaving it in water
soak sth<->up
1 to take in or absorb liquid: Use a cloth to soak up some of the excess water.
2 to absorb sth into your senses, your body or your mind: We were just sitting soaking up the atmosphere.
+ noun (also soaking) [sing.]
1 an act of leaving sth in a liquid for a period of time; an act of making sb/sth wet: Give the shirt a good soak before you wash it.
2 (informal) a period of time spent in a bath: Relax with a nice long soak in a hot bath.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 drench, saturate, wet, immerse, souse, douse or dowse, bathe, steep, inundate, ret:
You'd better let the tablecloth soak for a while to get out those wine stains.
2 soak up. absorb, take in, sponge up; assimilate, learn:
The parched earth soaked up the water like a sponge. Let me just lie here and soak up some sunshine. She spent years soaking up the culture of the Cameroons.
n.
3 alcoholic, drunkard, drunk, dipsomaniac, drinker, tippler, toper, sot, Slang sponge, souse, boozer, US dip, lush, juicer:
You'll never get a straight answer out of that old soak.
Collocation
ADV.
completely, thoroughly | overnight | off, out
Place the jar in warm water to soak the label off.
VERB + SOAK
leave sth to
I've left the clothes to soak overnight.
PREP.
in
Soak the clothes in cold water.
| into
Water dripped off the table and soaked into the carpet.
| through
The rain had soaked through every layer of his clothing.
| with
He soaked the cloth with petrol.
Concise dictionary
soaks|soaked|soakingsəʊknoun
+the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
+washing something by allowing it to soak
verb
+submerge in a liquid
+rip off; ask an unreasonable price
+cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
+leave as a guarantee in return for money
+beat severely
+make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
+become drunk or drink excessively
+fill, soak, or imbue totally
+heat a metal prior to working it
