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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
drench
drench [drench drenches drenched drenching] BrE [drentʃ] NAmE [drentʃ] verb often passive to make sb/sth completely wet Syn: ↑soak •~ sb/sth We were caught in the storm and got drenched to the skin. •~ sb/sth in/with sth His face was drenched with sweat. • (figurative)She drenched herself in perfume. Verb forms: Word Origin: Old English drencan ‘force to drink’, drenc ‘a drink or draught’, of Germanic origin; related to German tränken (verb), Trank (noun), also to ↑drink. Synonyms: wet moist • damp • soaked • drenched • saturated These words all describe things covered with or full of liquid, especially water. wet • covered with or full of liquid, especially water: ▪ The car had skidded on the wet road. ◇ ▪ You'll get wet ▪ (= in the rain) ▪ if you go out now. moist • slightly wet, often in a way that is pleasant or useful: ▪ a lovely rich moist cake damp • slightly wet, often in a way that is unpleasant: ▪ The cottage was cold and damp. soaked • (rather informal) very wet: ▪ You're soaked through! ▪ (= completely wet) drenched • very wet: ▪ We were caught in the storm and came home drenched to the skin. soaked or drenched? Both of these words can be used with with or in: ▪ soaked/drenched with/in sweat/blood. Soaked but not usually drenched can also be used before a noun: ▪ their soaked clothes ◇ their drenched clothes saturated • very wet: ▪ The ground is completely saturated: it would be pointless to plant anything. wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated with sth soaked/drenched in sth sb's coat/shirt/shoes/clothes/hair is/are wet/damp/soaked/drenched wet/moist/damp/saturated ground/earth to get wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated
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