drench /ˈdrɛnʧ/
(vt.)使濕透,使充滿雨淋,弄濕
drench /ˈdrɛnʧ/ 名詞
濕透,浸透,灌服,獸用頓服藥
Drench v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drenched p. pr. & vb. n. Drenching.]
1. To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge violently by physic.
As =\“to fell,” is “to make to fall,” and “to lay,” to make to lie.” so “to drench,” is “to make to drink.”\= --Trench.
2. To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.
Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain;
Their moisture has already drenched the plain. --Dryden.
Drench, n. A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging. “A drench of wine.”
Give my roan horse a drench. --Shak.
Drench, n. O. Eng. Law A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book. [Obs.]
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drench
v 1: drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami
swamped every boat in the harbor" [syn: swamp]
2: force to drink
3: permeate or impregnate; "The war drenched the country in
blood" [syn: imbrue]
4: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot
face" [syn: douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse]