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单词 drench
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Definition of drench in English:

drench

verb drɛn(t)ʃdrɛn(t)ʃ
[with object]
  • 1Wet thoroughly; soak.

    使湿透;浸湿

    I fell in the stream and was drenched

    我掉进小溪里,浑身都湿透了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The most delayed arrival of North-East monsoon was recorded in 1992 and 2000 when it started drenching the State on November 2.
    • She narrowly escaped getting drenched by a couple of sprinklers.
    • This island has already been drenched, first by Hurricane Dennis, then by Hurricane Rita.
    • She had a suitcase in her hand, and was drenched.
    • If you're still not wet by the end, there's a giant power shower to make sure you're thoroughly drenched.
    • The waves washed against the cars and drenched those on the top.
    • A few floors down, sprinklers came on, drenching everything.
    • I'm supposed to be on my summer holidays, but I can't go outside because the rain is so heavy I'd be drenched in seconds.
    • We would be drenched to the skin when we returned.
    • I taunted the rain to soak me, drenching what bit parts it hadn't already.
    • Startled, he stumbled back, suddenly aware of the fact he was thoroughly drenched by the rain.
    • The rain rolled off my cuts and soaked me to the core, washing my face; drenching me and my disturbed state of mind.
    • The rain drenched their distinctive purple uniforms, but that didn't dampen the spirits of the shell-suit Samaritans.
    • I pushed some sheep out of the way to get a better view and almost drenched myself in the spray of freezing-cold water in the process.
    • More than a foot of rain drenched the Dallas area overnight.
    • The monsoon rains in the region have been the heaviest for almost a century and, yesterday, western India was drenched again.
    • ‘When you water the plant, the cactus should be drenched thoroughly’, says a gardener.
    • We were both immobilized, despite being severely drenched, by our chorus of hysterical laughter.
    • Not even a rogue wave which suddenly washed over the side, drenching everyone, could dampen spirits for very long.
    • He was drenched as thoroughly as she was, his shirt clinging to him like a second skin.
    Synonyms
    soak, saturate, wet through, wet thoroughly, permeate, drown, swamp, submerge, inundate, flood
    douse, souse, swill down, sluice down, slosh
    steep, bathe
    rinse, wash
    1. 1.1 Cover (something) liberally or thoroughly.
      〈喻〉大量覆盖,使盖满;使充满
      cool patios drenched in flowers

      满是鲜花的凉爽天井。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • All were drenched in the same joy, in the same colour.
      • Spray colognes work best when you spray the air, and then walk through the mist of musk, as opposed to drenching your skin with smell.
      • They cry out in a familiar musical language of liberation, but the politics are drenched with irony.
      • Her sweet tone was drenched in sarcasm, and although thoroughly baffled, she sensed a definite history between the two.
      • The entire town, population 2,000, is drenched in purple and gold.
      • Most importantly, don't ruin your beautiful salad by drenching it in high-calorie dressings and toppings.
      • His posters are drenched with colour, most typically of girls done up in an Art Nouveau-style, featuring organic, flowing plant forms.
      • Designs of silk chiffon were drenched with a multitude of colors to create a brilliant abstract motif and finely detailed floral prints.
      • We are drowning in floods of consumer goods and are drenched in showers of media images.
      • She uses real leaves, seeds, husks and pods, building on their natural form and texture and drenching them in colour.
      • The glorious sunshine that drenched the pitch stayed out for the whole match and it was not very surprising that the members of the small attendance lay in the freshly cut grass.
      • It is drenched with sunshine, and we are amazed that we can manage this in Italy: sitting on the roof of the library in a small town as we eat our lunch.
      • Not that I'm exactly drenching myself in the stuff, but, you know.
      • Say the club season ran from February to October, though, and the bulk of the fixtures would be played on firm pitches with possibly even a bit of sun drenching the players' backs.
      • The sunshine poured in, drenching the golden sand with an ethereal beauty.
      • The view out the window was sun drenched and warm, boasting a rolling hillside covered by a grassy ocean of nameless headstones.
      • Possibly the shots like the opening shot of red with the trip down the phone line, or the really obvious way each film is drenched in the appropriate colour with out any pretence of hiding the device.
      • As soon as the other side has browned, she grabbed up some pancakes, drenching them in maple syrup, and some Cool Whip that was resting on the counter.
      • Soon everyone is drenching their pancakes with warm maple syrup or smothering them with berry-rich preserves.
      • With the moon drenching the valley in her light, we sat on the sandy shores and watched the dogs go berserk in what must have been their interpretation of canine heaven on earth.
      Synonyms
      flood, deluge, overflow, overrun, swamp, submerge, engulf, drown, immerse, cover
  • 2Forcibly administer a drug in liquid form orally to (an animal)

    给(动物)灌药

    three-times-a-year drenching for calves
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Do not drench an animal when you can administer the necessary medicine in any other way.
    • ‘It was a time when in-calf cows were drenched with a certain product to prevent milk fever,’ he says.
    • I think that drug was a cattle drench to start off with; I think that is where it originated.
noun drɛn(t)ʃdrɛn(t)ʃ
  • 1A dose of medicine administered to an animal.

    兽用顿服药

    a worming drench
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This involves giving the first dose to calves at 3 weeks after turnout and repeat dosing every 3 weeks for a 12 week period where the white or yellow drenches are used.
    • They have two concentrated drenches for the control of Fluke & worms in cattle.
    • In the current study, the vitamin E drench was composed of d-alpha tocopherol (free form).
    • If using the white drenches and the yellow drenches that have no persistency post dosing, the recommendation is to dose at 3, 6, 9 and 12 weeks after turnout.
    • After the firm who supplied the drench paid out compensation, Jim went to a stud breeder and asked to buy a heifer for the same amount.
    Synonyms
    amount, quantity, measure, portion, dosage, drench, draught
    1. 1.1archaic A draught of a medicinal or poisonous liquid.
      〈古〉(有毒)药水
      a drench of sack

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.

  • drink from Old English:

    Old English drinc ‘drink’ had a close relative drenc which is the source of drench (Old English). The colloquial phrase the drink referring to the sea, dates from the mid 19th century, but drink like a fish goes back to at least the early 17th when John Fletcher and James Shirley wrote a play called The Night-Walker which contains the line ‘Give me the bottle, I can drink like a Fish now, like an Elephant’. Drunk comes from the past tense of drink. We now use the American drunk as a skunk, but Chaucer describes someone as drunk as a mouse; and drunk as a rat or even a wheelbarrow have been used in the past. Drunkards have been with us since at least the 13th century.

Rhymes

backbench, bench, blench, clench, Dench, entrench, French, frontbench, quench, stench, tench, trench, wench, wrench

Definition of drench in US English:

drench

verbdrɛn(t)ʃdren(t)SH
[with object]
  • 1Wet thoroughly; soak.

    使湿透;浸湿

    I fell in the stream and got drenched

    我掉进小溪里,浑身都湿透了。

    a severe drenching would kill his uncle

    严重淋湿会要了他舅舅的命。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The rain drenched their distinctive purple uniforms, but that didn't dampen the spirits of the shell-suit Samaritans.
    • If you're still not wet by the end, there's a giant power shower to make sure you're thoroughly drenched.
    • We would be drenched to the skin when we returned.
    • A few floors down, sprinklers came on, drenching everything.
    • The waves washed against the cars and drenched those on the top.
    • The most delayed arrival of North-East monsoon was recorded in 1992 and 2000 when it started drenching the State on November 2.
    • I'm supposed to be on my summer holidays, but I can't go outside because the rain is so heavy I'd be drenched in seconds.
    • She had a suitcase in her hand, and was drenched.
    • This island has already been drenched, first by Hurricane Dennis, then by Hurricane Rita.
    • More than a foot of rain drenched the Dallas area overnight.
    • Not even a rogue wave which suddenly washed over the side, drenching everyone, could dampen spirits for very long.
    • She narrowly escaped getting drenched by a couple of sprinklers.
    • The rain rolled off my cuts and soaked me to the core, washing my face; drenching me and my disturbed state of mind.
    • The monsoon rains in the region have been the heaviest for almost a century and, yesterday, western India was drenched again.
    • I pushed some sheep out of the way to get a better view and almost drenched myself in the spray of freezing-cold water in the process.
    • I taunted the rain to soak me, drenching what bit parts it hadn't already.
    • Startled, he stumbled back, suddenly aware of the fact he was thoroughly drenched by the rain.
    • We were both immobilized, despite being severely drenched, by our chorus of hysterical laughter.
    • He was drenched as thoroughly as she was, his shirt clinging to him like a second skin.
    • ‘When you water the plant, the cactus should be drenched thoroughly’, says a gardener.
    Synonyms
    soak, saturate, wet through, wet thoroughly, permeate, drown, swamp, submerge, inundate, flood
    1. 1.1 Cover (something) liberally or thoroughly.
      〈喻〉大量覆盖,使盖满;使充满
      cool patios drenched in flowers

      满是鲜花的凉爽天井。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Her sweet tone was drenched in sarcasm, and although thoroughly baffled, she sensed a definite history between the two.
      • It is drenched with sunshine, and we are amazed that we can manage this in Italy: sitting on the roof of the library in a small town as we eat our lunch.
      • Most importantly, don't ruin your beautiful salad by drenching it in high-calorie dressings and toppings.
      • Soon everyone is drenching their pancakes with warm maple syrup or smothering them with berry-rich preserves.
      • His posters are drenched with colour, most typically of girls done up in an Art Nouveau-style, featuring organic, flowing plant forms.
      • The glorious sunshine that drenched the pitch stayed out for the whole match and it was not very surprising that the members of the small attendance lay in the freshly cut grass.
      • The entire town, population 2,000, is drenched in purple and gold.
      • As soon as the other side has browned, she grabbed up some pancakes, drenching them in maple syrup, and some Cool Whip that was resting on the counter.
      • Possibly the shots like the opening shot of red with the trip down the phone line, or the really obvious way each film is drenched in the appropriate colour with out any pretence of hiding the device.
      • All were drenched in the same joy, in the same colour.
      • With the moon drenching the valley in her light, we sat on the sandy shores and watched the dogs go berserk in what must have been their interpretation of canine heaven on earth.
      • They cry out in a familiar musical language of liberation, but the politics are drenched with irony.
      • The sunshine poured in, drenching the golden sand with an ethereal beauty.
      • Say the club season ran from February to October, though, and the bulk of the fixtures would be played on firm pitches with possibly even a bit of sun drenching the players' backs.
      • Designs of silk chiffon were drenched with a multitude of colors to create a brilliant abstract motif and finely detailed floral prints.
      • The view out the window was sun drenched and warm, boasting a rolling hillside covered by a grassy ocean of nameless headstones.
      • Not that I'm exactly drenching myself in the stuff, but, you know.
      • Spray colognes work best when you spray the air, and then walk through the mist of musk, as opposed to drenching your skin with smell.
      • She uses real leaves, seeds, husks and pods, building on their natural form and texture and drenching them in colour.
      • We are drowning in floods of consumer goods and are drenched in showers of media images.
      Synonyms
      flood, deluge, overflow, overrun, swamp, submerge, engulf, drown, immerse, cover
  • 2Forcibly administer a drug in liquid form orally to (an animal).

    给(动物)灌药

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I think that drug was a cattle drench to start off with; I think that is where it originated.
    • Do not drench an animal when you can administer the necessary medicine in any other way.
    • ‘It was a time when in-calf cows were drenched with a certain product to prevent milk fever,’ he says.
noundrɛn(t)ʃdren(t)SH
  • 1A dose of medicine administered to an animal.

    兽用顿服药

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After the firm who supplied the drench paid out compensation, Jim went to a stud breeder and asked to buy a heifer for the same amount.
    • This involves giving the first dose to calves at 3 weeks after turnout and repeat dosing every 3 weeks for a 12 week period where the white or yellow drenches are used.
    • If using the white drenches and the yellow drenches that have no persistency post dosing, the recommendation is to dose at 3, 6, 9 and 12 weeks after turnout.
    • In the current study, the vitamin E drench was composed of d-alpha tocopherol (free form).
    • They have two concentrated drenches for the control of Fluke & worms in cattle.
    Synonyms
    amount, quantity, measure, portion, dosage, drench, draught
    1. 1.1archaic A draft of a medicinal or poisonous liquid.
      〈古〉(有毒)药水

Origin

Old English drencan ‘force to drink’, drenc ‘a drink or draft’, of Germanic origin; related to German tränken (verb), Trank (noun), also to drink.

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