记忆方法
1. sate, saturate => sodden.
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中文词源
sodden 湿透的，浸透的
来自 seethe 的古过去分词形式，来自 seethe,沸腾，使煮沸，引申词义湿透的，浸透的。
英语词源
- sodden (adj.)
- "soaked or softened in water," 1820, earlier "resembling something that has been boiled a long time" (1590s), originally "boiled" (c. 1300), from Old English soden "boiled," strong past participle of seoþan "to cook, boil" (see seethe). For sense evolution from "heat in water" to "immerse in water" compare bath.
权威例句
- 1. His grey jersey and trousers were sodden with the rain.
- 他的灰色针织毛衫和长裤全都被雨水淋透了。
- 2. The porter put our scruffy rain-sodden luggage on a trolley.
- 搬运工把我们那些被雨水浸透的脏兮兮的行李放上了手推车。
- 3. His sodden trousers were clinging to his shins and his shoes squelched.
- 他湿透的裤子紧贴小腿，鞋子吧唧作响。
- 4. His sodden trousers were clinging to his shins.
- 湿淋淋的裤子紧紧粘在他小腿上。
- 5. He portrays a whisky-sodden Catholic priest.
- 他扮演了一个沉溺于威士忌经常醉得一塌糊涂的天主教神父。