sink in
phrasal verbsink in
- (of words, an event, etc.) to be fully understood or realized
被完全理解；被充分意识到 - He paused to allow his words to sink in.
他停了一下，好让人充分领会他的意思。 - The full scale of the disaster has yet to sink in.
人们还没有完全意识到这场灾难的严重程度。 - It took a moment for the implications of what she was saying to sink in.
过了一会儿才明白她所说的话的含义。
- He paused to allow his words to sink in.
- (also sink into something)(of liquids) to go down into another substance through the surface
渗透；渗入 - The rain sank into the dry ground.
雨水渗进了干地里。
- The rain sank into the dry ground.