| 单词 | soak up |
| 释义 | soak up 1. phrasal verb B2 If a soft or dry material soaks up a liquid, the liquid goes into the substance. The cells will promptly start to soak up moisture. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you soak up the sun, you sit or lie in the sun, because you enjoy it. [informal] I was lying on my stomach soaking up the sun. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 3. phrasal verb If you soak up the 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. [informal] Keaton comes here once or twice a year to soak up the atmosphere. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 4. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for soak If something soaks up something such as money or other resources, it uses a great deal of money or other resources. Defence soaks up forty per cent of the budget. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Such an investigation would soak up a huge amount of resources. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] |
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