drenched
past simple and past participle ofdrench
| 单词 | drenched |
| 释义 | drenched past simple and past participle ofdrench drench verb[T] uk/drentʃ/us/drentʃ/[often passive] to make someone or somethingextremelywet: Asuddenthunderstormhad drenched usto theskin. Theathleteswere drenchedwithsweat. Shelikestoeatherpopcorndrenchedinchillisauce. [usually passive] to make something have a verylargeamountof aquality: Theoperawaslightonplotandpositivelydrenchedincomedy. Hisspeechdrewthunderousapplauseduring arallydrenchedwithpatriotism.
Wet weather & wetness
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Large in number or quantity Examplesofdrencheddrenched In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The turbulent journey ends on the dizzying heights of a church steeple, at which point the dreamer awakensdrenchedin sweat. From theCambridge English Corpus This interpretation, althoughdrenchedin the scholarly literature of its subject, seems oddly old-fashioned. From theCambridge English Corpus If they go out themselves, they know they will do not good, but only getdrenchedwith the others. From theCambridge English Corpus Shepherds would have beendrenchedwith the solutions which are absorbed through the skin. From theCambridge English Corpus They weredrenchedin grease, in tatters, wore male clothes, frightful faces, shameless. From theCambridge English Corpus In the untreated and orallydrenchedgroups, worm length declined significantly at the high larval dose rate. From theCambridge English Corpus They actually take theatre out of the bourgeois connotations in which it isdrenchedin this country and push it to an extent where your senses are overwhelmed. From theCambridge English Corpus They were in a convoy and gotdrenchedto the skin and were shivering with cold. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Happily, we no longer have rockpools and beachesdrenchedwith chemicals which are often more harmful than the oil itself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is completely incorrect to say—although people still believe it to be the case—that horticultural produce in this country isdrenchedin chemicals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Needless to say, there is no danger of the men gettingdrenchedby going up on deck. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One often reads accounts couched in pejorative terms such as "intensive"or"drenchedin chemicals" and the like. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of the "wets" are even gettingdrenched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He was working deep in the heart of a reactor when a pipe burst above his head anddrenchedhim in water. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But there is a fourth person who, even when it is raining and when everyone isdrenched, still says that the weather is good. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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