| 单词 | sponge |
| 释义 | sponge (once / 750 pages) nv 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 basketa 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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