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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Soaking \Soak"ing\, a.
   Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain. --
   {Soak"ing*ly}, adv.

Soak \Soak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Soaking}.] [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr.
   s?can, s?gan, to suck. See {Suck}.]
   1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance
      has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or
      other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or
      freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt
      meat, salt fish, or the like.

   2. To drench; to wet thoroughly.

            Their land shall be soaked with blood. --Isa. xxiv.
                                                  7.

   3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a
      sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.

   4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; --
      often with through.

            The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through
            wreaths of snow.                      --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.

資料來源 : WordNet®

soaking
     adj : wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door
           drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "a shirt saturated
           with perspiration"; "his shoes were sopping (or
           soaking)"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy
           clothes" [syn: {drenched}, {saturated}, {soaked}, {sodden},
            {sopping}, {soppy}]
     n 1: 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" [syn:
          {soak}, {soakage}]
     2: the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a
        good drenching" [syn: {drenching}, {souse}, {sousing}]
     3: washing something by allowing it to soak [syn: {soak}]
     adv : extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet" [syn: {sopping},
            {dripping}]