drench

verb

/drentʃ/

[often passive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they drench	/drentʃ/ /drentʃ/
he / she / it drenches	/ˈdrentʃɪz/ /ˈdrentʃɪz/
past simple drenched	/drentʃt/ /drentʃt/
past participle drenched	/drentʃt/ /drentʃt/
-ing form drenching	/ˈdrentʃɪŋ/ /ˈdrentʃɪŋ/

to make somebody/something completely wet使湿透；把…浸湿 synonym soak
- be/get drenched We were caught in the storm and got drenched to the skin.我们遇上了暴雨，淋得浑身透湿。
- be drenched in/with something His face was drenched with sweat.他满头大汗。
- drench somebody/something/yourself in/with something (figurative) She drenched herself in perfume.她浑身洒满香水。
Synonyms wet
wetmoist ▪ damp ▪ soaked ▪ drenched ▪ saturatedThese 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.汽车在湿路上打滑了。
You’ll get wet (= in the rain) if you go out now.你现在出去就会被淋湿。
moist slightly wet, often in a way that is pleasant or useful:
a lovely rich moist cake可爱的松软味浓的蛋糕
damp slightly wet, often in a way that is unpleasant:
The cottage was cold and damp.这小屋又冷又湿。
soaked (rather informal) very wet:
You’re soaked through! (= completely wet)你都湿透了！
drenched very wet:
We were caught in the storm and came home drenched to the skin.我们遇上了暴雨，回到家时浑身湿透了。
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.地已经浸透，种什么东西都是白搭。
Patterns
- wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated with something
- soaked/drenched in something
- somebody’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
Topics Weatherc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Drench is used with these nouns as the subject:
rain
Word OriginOld English drencan ‘force to drink’, drenc ‘a drink or draught’, of Germanic origin; related to German tränken (verb), Trank (noun), also to drink.