词为我用 - sodden

词汇释义

sodden  TEM8  GRE

UK  /ˈsɒd.ən/ US  /ˈsɑː.dən/

adj, very wet and heavy. 湿漉漉，沉甸甸的，湿透的，湿淋淋的

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外刊例句

1. Even the widespread flooding in the spring was worse for many farmers than the images of sodden river towns would suggest, said Scott Irwin, an agricultural economist at the University of Illinois.(New York Times)

2. In some mobile-home parks, no walls remained vertical, the winds leaving only junkyard heaps of sodden clothing, appliances and furniture.(Washington Post)

3. Few argue that profligate spending, however deplorable, materially contributed to the Panic of 2008 and ensuing sullen, sodden, recovery.(Forbes)

4. Some Calgary residents were able to return to sodden homes as rivers dropped and some evacuation orders were lifted.(The Guardian)

5. Last year's sodden summer spelled a tough year for festivals, according to the Association of Festival Organisers, with many events cancelled or postponed.(The Guardian)

6. We recognised that the soggy British weather was here to stay, Glastonbury would be sodden yet again, and women really needed something practical and beautiful to wear in the rain.(The Guardian)

7. Others began clearing away rubbish, muddy sludge and sodden belongings from backyards, living rooms and store fronts.(BusinessWeek)

8. But Hamilton won, with a little help from Vettel’s sudden crash on a sodden circuit , and described his performance as possibly his best.(Seattle Times)

9. Inside JT himself returned to the starting lineup for the title after-party on a muggy, sodden night and a match that felt from the start like a great warm slobbery farewell kiss.(The Guardian)

10. No, it’s his drive in Brazil, at sodden Interlagos, which caught the eye more than any of his other sensational performances.(The Guardian)

11. A birdie at the par-five fifth got him back to level par for the day but he was in trouble after driving into deep sodden rough at the long par-four seventh.(Reuters)

12. Offering no protection at all, both parcels were sodden when I eventually found them.(Forbes)

词汇搭配

sodden collar, clothing, appliance, furniture

词汇家族

soddenly, soddenness

词汇来源

"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.

近义词

awash, bathed, bedraggled, doused (also dowsed), drenched, dripping, saturate, saturated, soaked, soaking, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, washed, water-soaked, watered, waterlogged, watery, wet

反义词

arid, dry, unwatered, waterless, parched, dehydrated, thirsty, droughty, desiccated, moistureless, rainless, watertight, dessicated

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