soak up

英 [səʊk ʌp]

美 [soʊk ʌp]

吸收（液体）; 沉浸于; 充分体验; 用去，耗费（大量金钱、资源等）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 吸收(液体)
  If a soft or dry materialsoaks upa liquid, the liquid goes into the substance.
  1. The cells will promptly start to soak up moisture.
     细胞会立即开始吸收水分。
• PHRASAL VERB 晒(太阳)
  If yousoak upthe sun, you sit or lie in the sun, because you enjoy it.
  1. I was lying on my stomach soaking up the sun.
     我正趴在那里晒着太阳。
• PHRASAL VERB 沉浸于;充分体验
  If yousoak upthe atmosphere in a place that you are visiting, you observe or get involved in the way of life there, because you enjoy it or are interested in it.
  1. Keaton comes here once or twice a year to soak up the atmosphere.
     基顿每年到这里来一两次，为的是尽情感受这里的气氛。
• PHRASAL VERB 用去，耗费(大量金钱、资源等)
  If somethingsoaks upsomething such as money or other resources, it uses a great deal of money or other resources.
  1. Defence soaks up forty per cent of the budget...
     国防耗去40%的预算。
  2. External broadcasting soaks up more resources in Britain than elsewhere.
     英国花费在对外广播上的财力高于其他国家。

英英释义

verb

• devote (oneself) fully to
  1. He immersed himself into his studies
  Synonym:steepimmerseengulfplungeengrossabsorb
• take in, also metaphorically
  1. The sponge absorbs water well
  2. She drew strength from the minister's words
  Synonym:absorbsuckimbibesop upsuck updrawtake intake up

双语例句

• External broadcasting soaks up more resources in Britain than elsewhere.
  英国花费在对外广播上的财力高于其他国家。
• Many times I have set my fragile daughter on the soft dirt hoping something might soak up.
  我曾经多次把我脆弱的女儿放在柔软的泥土上，希望她能吸收点什么东西。
• Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up ( liquids).
  有力量、能力或者趋势吸收或吸取（液体）。
• The cells will promptly start to soak up moisture.
  细胞会立即开始吸收水分。
• I tried to soak up their ideas, their techniques, their tricks.
  我试著去感受一下他们的想法、他们的技巧、他们的花招。
• Instead, they soak up simplistic bumper sticker solutions that are so antiquated that they are laughable.
  反而，他们只是简单的吸收了陈旧的保险杠贴纸，而且他们看起来是那么的可笑。
• Defence soaks up forty per cent of the budget
  国防耗去40%的预算。
• The Helsinki model even has a decking area where homeowners can sit and soak up the sun.
  这个赫尔辛基式模型甚至还有一块房前休息区，房主可以坐在这里，享受阳光的沐浴。
• To soak up or dry with absorbent material.
  吸收，吸掉用可吸收物质吸干或吸掉。
• Film can be manipulated to soak up even more of a scene's tonal extremes.
  透过显影可以操纵底片的色调，甚至超过景色所能呈现的色调极限。