Soak

(noun.) washing something by allowing it to soak.

(noun.) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); 'a good soak put life back in the wagon'.

(verb.) heat a metal prior to working it.

(verb.) fill, soak, or imbue totally; 'soak the bandage with disinfectant'.

(verb.) beat severely.

(verb.) submerge in a liquid; 'I soaked in the hot tub for an hour'.

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• Another way to make the composition is to soak over night in cold water best gelatine or glue 1 part, and the excess of water poured off. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Break up the glue and soak in the water for a few hours, then heat by water-bath until melted. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• When getting ready to smoke some pieces, the farmer would first soak them twenty-four hours in clear, cold water. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Unscrupulous jobbers and dealers have been known to soak the whole beans in spirits, practically stealing all their flavor, and then by drying them place them on the market. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Soak the gelatine in half a pint of water for four hours. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Soak the clothes over night in water to which has been added a table-spoonful of the fluid for each gallon of water; also add a little in washing water. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• It is well they are not cows--it would soak in and ruin the milk. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Then they were out of sight around the corner of the draw and he was soaking wet with sweat and looking at nothing. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Sometimes these stains can be removed by soaking in milk, and where this is possible, it is the better method. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• She cannot sing, it is my belief: her voice is as cracked as thine, O thou beer-soaking Renowner! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He moved on, and I followed him, through the darkness and the small soaking rain. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Soaking into this filthy ground as you lie here, is your own shape. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Those that have lived there all their lives, are used to soaking in the stagnant waters. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Soaking in vats formerly occupied twelve or eighteen months, but under the new methods the time has been greatly reduced. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Oh, as far as cynicism goes, Andros might be a boulevardier soaked in absinthe. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• A joint of any size could be soaked; the only thing was to give it plenty of time. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• One early station in New York for arc lighting was an old soap-works whose well-soaked floors did not need much additional grease to render them choice fuel for the inevitable flames. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• But this is how one historian, soaked with the fantastic political ideas of our times, is pleased to write of this evil expedition. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• All savage and primitive peoples of to-day, on the contrary, are soaked in tradition--the tradition of thousands of generations. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He had lain in a pile of straw in his sweat-soaked clothes and wound a blanket around him while he dried. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The common supply of rivers is from springs, which draw their origin from rain that has soaked into the earth. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• That which soaks into the ground is the most valuable because it remains on the earth longest and is the purest. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• When water falls upon a field, it soaks into the ground, or collects in puddles which slowly evaporate, or it runs off and drains into small streams or into rivers. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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