sponge

[英] [spʌndʒ] [美] [spʌndʒ] 生词本

n.

vt.

vt.& vi.

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1. N-COUNT 海绵;人造海绵 Sponge is a very light soft substance with lots of little holes in it, which can be either artificial or natural. It is used to clean things or as a soft layer. 
  • ...a sponge mattress.

    海绵床垫

2. N-COUNT 海绵(一种海洋动物,体圆而柔软) A sponge is a sea animal with a soft round body made of natural sponge. 
3. N-COUNT (洗澡或清洁用的)海绵块 A sponge is a piece of sponge that you use for washing yourself or for cleaning things. 
  • He wiped off the table with a sponge.

    他用一块海绵擦桌子。

4. VERB 用湿海绵擦拭 If you sponge something, you clean it by wiping it with a wet sponge. 
  • Fill a bowl with water and gently sponge your face and body.

    在一只盆里放上水,轻轻地用蘸湿的海绵擦拭你的面部及身体。

  • Sponge down means the same as sponge .sponge down 同 sponge
    • If your child's temperature rises, sponge her down gently with tepid water.

      如果你孩子的体温上升,就用海绵蘸上温水轻轻地擦拭她的身体。

5. N-VAR 海绵蛋糕;松软布丁 A sponge is a light cake or pudding made from flour, eggs, sugar, and sometimes fat. 
  • It makes a superb filling for cakes and sponges.

    它非常适合做蛋糕和软布丁的馅儿。

6. VERB 揩…的油;靠…养活 If you say that someone sponges off other people or sponges on them, you mean that they regularly get money from other people when they should be trying to support themselves. 
  • He should just get an honest job and stop sponging off the rest of us!...

    他应该找一份正当的工作,不要再揩我们这些人的油了!

  • He spent his life grumbling about missed opportunities and sponging on his father for money.

    他一辈子都在抱怨失去的机会,并一直伸手向自己的父亲要钱。

Noun

1. a porous mass of interlacing fibers the forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used

2. someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily;

  • "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge"

3. a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

4. primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies

Verb

1. wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten

2. ask for and get free; be a parasite

3. erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard

4. soak up with a sponge

5. gather sponges, in the ocean

动物学

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  • 1.多孔动物
  • 2.又称 :多孔动物(Porifera(拉))

医学

  • 1.①海绵:某些海生动物的弹性纤维骨骼,主要用作吸收剂;②海绵球,海绵纱布:一种由折迭纱布或棉花制成的吸收垫

生物学

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  • 1.海绵
1. Dab the paint on with a sponge.
用海绵扑上颜料。

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2. Don't sponge on your parents.
不要让你的父母养你。

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3. He feels it very shameful to sponge on his parents after he's grown up.
他觉得自己长大了还依赖父母感觉很丢脸。

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4. It's so nice to sponge myself down in a hot bath; it makes me feel so much cleaner.
在热水澡盆里用海绵擦洗真舒服,它使我感觉清爽多了。

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5. Sponge soaks up water.
海绵吸水。

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6. The child is screwing water out of a sponge.
小孩正把海绵中的水挤出来。

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7. You should try to sponge out the memory of the accident.
你该努力抹除那次事故的记忆。

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