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单词 sponge
释义
sponge
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WORD FAMILY
sponge: sponged, spongelike, sponger, sponges, sponging, spongy+/sponger: spongers/spongy: spongier, spongily, sponginess
USAGE EXAMPLES
“What she reads about, she absorbs like a sponge.”
Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016)
She’s on her way to Greenwich, Conn., to sponge off her sister, who married rich.
New York Times(Dec 30, 2016)
“And then you don’t even stop and think. The image is there and your camera is like a sponge to absorb the moment.”
New York Times(Dec 29, 2016)
1n primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
parazoan, poriferan
glass sponge
a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae
Venus's flower basket
a deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework; found in the waters of the East Indies and the eastern coast of Asia
invertebrate
any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
2n a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
Hyper
absorbent, absorbent material
a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance
3n someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge
Syn|Hyper
quick study
assimilator, learner, scholar
someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
4n a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
Syn|Hyper
leech, parasite, sponger
follower
a person who accepts the leadership of another
5v wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
Hyper
pass over, wipe
rub with a circular motion
6v erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
Hyper
efface, erase, rub out, score out, wipe off
remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
7v soak up with a sponge
Hyper
mop, mop up, wipe up
to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
8v ask for and get free; be a parasite
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
bum, cadge, grub, mooch
freeload
live off somebody's generosity
obtain
come into possession of
9v gather sponges, in the ocean
Hyper
collect, garner, gather, pull together
assemble or get together
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