| 单词 | sodden |
| 释义 | sodden (sɒdən ) adjective Something that is sodden is extremely wet. We stripped off our sodden clothes. His grey jersey and trousers were sodden with the rain. Synonyms: soaked, saturated, sopping, drenched -sodden (-sɒdən ) 1. combining form [usually ADJECTIVE noun] -sodden combines with 'drink' and with the names of alcoholic drinks to form adjectives which describe someone who has drunk too much alcohol and is in a bad state as a result. He portrays a drink-sodden reporter. 2. combining form [usually ADJECTIVE noun] -sodden combines with words such as ' rain' to form adjectives which describe someone or something that has become extremely wet as a result of the thing that is mentioned. The porter put our scruffy rain-sodden luggage on a trolley. Collocations: sodden ground Up to an inch of rain will fall on already sodden ground after 2ins brought widespread flooding over the weekend. The Sun Experience has produced two drought winters out of the last three, and this year unprecedented summer rainfall on to already sodden ground that could not absorb any of the excess. Times, Sunday Times It has warned that after a week of rain and with river levels running high, a further downpour on already sodden ground could cause localised flooding. Times, Sunday Times The lesser celandines were in bloom, making a golden tapestry of the sodden ground. Times, Sunday Times These measures are intended to prevent masonry being damaged during earthquakes or sinking into sodden ground. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 湿透的 Japanese: びしょぬれの |
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